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This book demonstrates how Gothic literature experiments with and subverts Romantic medical debates to reassess the power of nonnormative bodies within medical, social and political spheres, and to reallocate narrative agency to bodies typically silenced.
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This anthology collects together some of the most famous examples of the Gothic tale in the 1890's, with stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, Vernon Lee, Henry James and Arthur Machen, as well as some lesser known yet superbly chilling tales from the era. The introduction explores the many reasons for the Gothic revival, and how it spoke to the anxieties of the moment. - ;'He was a man of fairly firm fibre, but there was something in this sudden, uncontrollable shriek of horror which chilled his blood and pringled in his skin. Coming in such a place and at such an hour, it brought a thousand fantastic
Horror tales, English. --- English fiction --- Gothic revival (Literature) --- English horror tales
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This book is a comparative study of British and American literature and culture in the 1790's and 1950's. It explores the republican tradition of the British Enlightenment and the effect of its translation and migration to the American colonies.
English literature --- History and criticism. --- Republicanism. --- Political science --- Gothic revival (Literature)
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In this text, Karen Halttunen explores the changing view of murder from early New England sermons read at the public executions, through to the true crime literature and tabloid reporting of the late 1990's.
Gothic revival (Literature) --- Murder in literature. --- Murder --- Criminal homicide --- Killing (Murder) --- Homicide --- History.
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New edition of bestselling introductory text outlining the history and ways of reading Gothic literature.This revised edition includes: A new chapter on Contemporary Gothic which explores the Gothic of the early twentieth century and looks at new critical developments An updated Bibliography of critical sources and a revised Chronology The book opens with a Chronology and an Introduction to the principal texts and key critical terms, followed by five chapters: The Gothic Heyday 1760-1820; Gothic 1820-1865; Gothic Proximities 1865-1900; Twentieth Century; and Contemporary Gothic. The discussion
Gothic revival (Literature) --- English literature --- American literature --- Agrarians (Group of writers) --- History and criticism.
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This study considers how British literature from the late-Victorian era to the 1930s draws upon Gothic and supernatural narrative and imagery in its representations of place, whether metropolitan, suburban or rural; it argues that this period of dramatic socio-cultural change is shadowed by a corresponding evolution in Gothic literary representation.
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This resource in contemporary Gothic literature, film, and television takes a thematic approach, providing insights into the many forms the Gothic has taken in the twenty-first century.
Gothic fiction (Literary genre) --- Gothic revival (Literature) --- Goth culture (Subculture) --- History and criticism. --- 2000-2099
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English fiction --- Gothic revival (Literature) --- Imperialism in literature. --- History and criticism. --- History.
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Cet essai sur les origines du roman « gothique » anglais tente de cerner les phénomènes divers qui ont présidé à l'émergence de ce genre littéraire vers la fin du XVIIIe siècle en Angleterre. En examinant ses sources et en le remettant en situation, cet ouvrage entend redonner au gothique sa juste place dans l'histoire des idées, du goût et des lettres. L'étonnante vague de terreur qui déferle sur le roman anglais dans la seconde moitié du dix-huitième siècle ne se comprend que dans le contexte culturel, esthétique, philosophique, voire politique de l'époque, qui a permis la réhabilitation d'un style architectural longtemps méprisé. Ces références architecturales ont influencé les romanciers gothiques au même titre que la redécouverte de monuments du passé littéraire tels que Shakespeare, ou la lecture des poètes des premières décennies du XVIIIe siècle, aux vers empreints d'une profonde mélancolie engendrée par la méditation nocturne sur les tombes ou devant les ruines d'édifices jadis prestigieux. La mélancolie est bien la caractéristique d'une époque troublée où violence et sensibilité se côtoient. Le malaise ambiant va se révéler propice à la naissance puis au développement du fantastique. Plaisir étrange, plaisir de l'étrange, né des délices suspectes qu'engendrent la terreur et l'horreur.
Horror tales, English --- English fiction --- Gothic revival (Literature) --- History and criticism. --- étrange --- chauve-souris --- roman noir --- gothique --- lierre
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