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Gothic literature 1764-1824 / Carol Margaret Davison

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Davison, Carol Margaret
Published
Cardiff : University of Wales Press, 2009.
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1 online resource (xiii, 368 pages).
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Gothic enlightenment/enlightenment gothic -- Anatomizing the gothic -- The female gothic -- Revolutionary gothic/gothic revolutions -- Female gothic reconfigurations -- The gothic romantics/romanticizing the gothic -- Revitalizing the gothic -- Afterword -- Victorian gothic -- Endnotes -- Bibliography -- Annotated bibliography.
Summary
This title offers a detailed yet accessible introduction to classic British Gothic literature and the popular sub-category of the Female Gothic designed for the student reader. Works by such classic Gothic authors as Horace Walpole, Matthew Lewis, Ann Radcliffe, William Godwin, and Mary Shelley are examined against the backdrop of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century British social and political history and significant intellectual/cultural developments. Identification and interpretation of the Gothic's variously reconfigured major motifs and conventions is provided alongside suggestions for f.
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9780708322611 (electronic bk.)
0708322611 (electronic bk.)
0708320090
9780708320099
0708320457
9780708320457
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-353) and index.
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