The Victorian Gothic: An Edinburgh Companion

ISBN-13: 9780748642496 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 272 str.

Andrew Smith

Opis

A multi-disciplinary scholarly consideration of the Victorian Gothic
These 14 chapters, each written by an acknowledged expert in the field, provide an invaluable insight into the complex and various Gothic forms of the nineteenth century. Covering a range of diverse contexts, the chapters focus on science, medicine, Queer theory, imperialism, nationalism, and gender. Together with further chapters on the ghost story, realism, the fin de siecle, pulp fictions, sensation fiction, and the Victorian way of death, the Companion provides a thorough-going overview of the Victorian Gothic.
An essential resource for students and scholars working on the Gothic, Victorian literature and culture, and critical theory.
Key Features
* First multi-authored thorough exploration of the Victorian Gothic
* Original research in all chapters
* Sets the agenda for future scholarship in the field
* Pedagogically awareKey WordsVictorian, Gothic, Science, Gender, Nationalism, Death, Supernatural, Ghost, Death
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Spis treści

Acknowledgements; Notes on Contributors; Introduction: Locating the Victorian Gothic - Andrew Smith and William Hughes; Realism and the Victorian Gothic: Objects of Terror Transformed - Martin Willis; Sensation Fiction: A Peep Behind the Veil - Laurence Talairach-Vielmas; Victorian Gothic Pulp Fiction - Jarlath Killeen; Victorian Gothic Drama - Diane Long Hoeveler; Victorian Gothic poetry: The Corpse's Text - Caroline Franklin and Michael Franklin; The Victorian Ghost Story - Nick Freeman; Victorian Gothic and National Identity - Avril Horner; The Victorian Gothic and Gender - Carol Margaret Davison; Queer Victorian Gothic - Ardel Thomas; Victorian Gothic Death - Andrew Smith; Science and the Gothic - Kelly Hurley; Victorian Medicine and the Gothic -William Hughes; Imperial Gothic - Patrick Brantlinger; Fin de Siècle Gothic - Vicky Margree and Bryony Randall; Index.