The Elements of Dark Academia 9781529966619 Hardback

Ambition. Desire. Secrets. Belonging.Don your best tweed and sharpen your daggers: school is in session.In this revelatory collection of over two dozen stories, award-winning anthologist Jared Shurin guides us through the hallowed halls of Dark Academia, from its Gothic roots to its boundary-pushing present. Ranging from the mysterious to the fantastic, the romantic and the horrific, these stories explore the hidden secrets of elite institutions, probe our relationship with power, and examine the darkest corners of human nature.Within these pages, youll meet obsessed professors and the students who will do anything to impress them. Artists and musicians who make deals with the devil. Academic rivalries that turn personal, and even deadly. Students who come to study, but learn that ivory towers often contain dark secrets.On the syllabus, youll find:Edgar Allan PoeEvelyn WaughDorothy SayersCarmen Maria MachadoM.L. RioLev GrossmanAnd many more.And for your final assignment: an original story byOlivie Blake.Will you dare to explore this tome’s hidden depths?