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An intriguing overview of Gothic literature

Table of Contents

Introduction: What is Gothic?
1. Historicizing the Gothic
2. The Gothic as discourse
3. The hygienic self: gender in the Gothic
4. Narratives of nurture
5. Narratives of descent
6. Radcliffe and interiority: towards the making of The Mysteries of Udolpho
7. Horrid shadows: the Gothic in Northanger Abbey
8. Avatars of Matthew Lewis’s The Monk: Ann Radcliffe’s The Italian and Charlotte Dacre’s Zofloya: Or, The Moor
9. The poetic tale of terror: Christabel, The Eve of St Agnes and Lamia
Conclusion: Lees Kruitzner and Byrons Werner
Bibliography
Index

Gothic Writing 17501820 A Genealogy

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      Publisher: Manchester University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 5/7/2002 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780719060090, 978-0719060090
      ISBN10: 0719060095

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      An intriguing overview of Gothic literature

      Table of Contents

      Introduction: What is Gothic?
      1. Historicizing the Gothic
      2. The Gothic as discourse
      3. The hygienic self: gender in the Gothic
      4. Narratives of nurture
      5. Narratives of descent
      6. Radcliffe and interiority: towards the making of The Mysteries of Udolpho
      7. Horrid shadows: the Gothic in Northanger Abbey
      8. Avatars of Matthew Lewis’s The Monk: Ann Radcliffe’s The Italian and Charlotte Dacre’s Zofloya: Or, The Moor
      9. The poetic tale of terror: Christabel, The Eve of St Agnes and Lamia
      Conclusion: Lees Kruitzner and Byrons Werner
      Bibliography
      Index

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