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In a fascinating study of what, during the last decade, rekindled an avid readership, Judith Wilt proposes a new theory of Gothic fiction that challenges its reputation as merely a formula to be outgrown or a stock of images for the creation of terror. Emphasizing instead its status as an enduring component of the imagination, she establishes the G



Table of Contents
*FrontMatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. vii*List of Illustrations, pg. ix*Preface, pg. xi*Introduction: "This Heretic Narrative": Approaches To A Gothic Theoretic, pg. 3*Chapter One: Gothic Fathers: The Castle Of Otranto, The Italian, The Monk, Melmoth The Wanderer, pg. 25*Chapter Two: Gothic Brothers: Frankenstein, The Memoirs and Confessions of A Justified Sinner, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Dracula, pg. 62*Introduction: The Gothic Heritage, pg. 99*Chapter Three: Jane Austen: The Anxieties Of Common Life, pg. 121*Chapter Four: George Eliot: The Garment Of Fear, pg. 173*Chapter Five: D. H. Lawrence: Ghosts In The Daylight, pg. 231*Conclusion: A High, Vibrating Place, pg. 293*Index, pg. 305

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      Publisher: Princeton University Press
      Publication Date: 14/07/2014
      ISBN13: 9780691615721, 978-0691615721
      ISBN10: 0691615721

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      In a fascinating study of what, during the last decade, rekindled an avid readership, Judith Wilt proposes a new theory of Gothic fiction that challenges its reputation as merely a formula to be outgrown or a stock of images for the creation of terror. Emphasizing instead its status as an enduring component of the imagination, she establishes the G



      Table of Contents
      *FrontMatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. vii*List of Illustrations, pg. ix*Preface, pg. xi*Introduction: "This Heretic Narrative": Approaches To A Gothic Theoretic, pg. 3*Chapter One: Gothic Fathers: The Castle Of Otranto, The Italian, The Monk, Melmoth The Wanderer, pg. 25*Chapter Two: Gothic Brothers: Frankenstein, The Memoirs and Confessions of A Justified Sinner, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Dracula, pg. 62*Introduction: The Gothic Heritage, pg. 99*Chapter Three: Jane Austen: The Anxieties Of Common Life, pg. 121*Chapter Four: George Eliot: The Garment Of Fear, pg. 173*Chapter Five: D. H. Lawrence: Ghosts In The Daylight, pg. 231*Conclusion: A High, Vibrating Place, pg. 293*Index, pg. 305

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