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The Cambridge Companion to Gothic Fiction
Jerrold (Ed) Hogle
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Paperback. A thorough and accessible 2002 guide to the Gothic genre. Editor(s): Hogle, Jerrold E. Series: Cambridge Companions to Literature. Num Pages: 354 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 522. Series: Cambridge Companions to Literature. 354 pages, Illustrations. Editor(s): Hogle, Jerrold E. A thorough and accessible 2002 guide to the Gothic genre. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: DSB; DSK. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 20. Weight: 534.
Gothic as a form of fiction-making has played a major role in Western culture since the late eighteenth century. In this volume, fourteen world-class experts on the Gothic provide thorough and revealing accounts of this haunting-to-horrifying type of fiction from the 1760s (the decade of The Castle of Otranto, the first so-called 'Gothic story') to the end of the twentieth century (an era haunted by filmed and computerized Gothic simulations). Along the way, these essays explore the connections of Gothic fictions to political and industrial revolutions, the realistic novel, the theatre, Romantic and post-Romantic poetry, nationalism and racism from Europe ... Read more
Gothic as a form of fiction-making has played a major role in Western culture since the late eighteenth century. In this volume, fourteen world-class experts on the Gothic provide thorough and revealing accounts of this haunting-to-horrifying type of fiction from the 1760s (the decade of The Castle of Otranto, the first so-called 'Gothic story') to the end of the twentieth century (an era haunted by filmed and computerized Gothic simulations). Along the way, these essays explore the connections of Gothic fictions to political and industrial revolutions, the realistic novel, the theatre, Romantic and post-Romantic poetry, nationalism and racism from Europe ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
354
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Series
Cambridge Companions to Literature
Condition
New
Number of Pages
354
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521794664
SKU
V9780521794664
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About Jerrold (Ed) Hogle
Jerrold E. Hogle is Professor of English and University Distinguished Professor at the University of Arizona. He has published widely in Romantic literature, cultural theory, and the Gothic.
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