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This book accounts for the resurgence of Gothic, and its immense popularity, during the British fin de siècle. Kelly Hurley explores a key scenario that haunts the genre - the loss of a unified and stable human identity - and reveals the links between the Gothic body and nineteenth-century scientific and social theories.

Table of Contents
Introduction; Part I. The Gothic Material World: 1. The revenge of matter; 2. Symptomatic readings; Part II. Gothic Bodies: 3. Evolutionism and the loss of human specificity; 4. Entropic bodies; 5. Chaotic bodies; Part III. Gothic Sexualities: 6. Uncanny female interiors; 7. Abjected masculinities; Afterword; 8. Narrative chaos.

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      Publisher: Cambridge University Press
      Publication Date: 7/29/2004 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780521607117, 978-0521607117
      ISBN10: 0521607116
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      Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This book accounts for the resurgence of Gothic, and its immense popularity, during the British fin de siècle. Kelly Hurley explores a key scenario that haunts the genre - the loss of a unified and stable human identity - and reveals the links between the Gothic body and nineteenth-century scientific and social theories.

      Table of Contents
      Introduction; Part I. The Gothic Material World: 1. The revenge of matter; 2. Symptomatic readings; Part II. Gothic Bodies: 3. Evolutionism and the loss of human specificity; 4. Entropic bodies; 5. Chaotic bodies; Part III. Gothic Sexualities: 6. Uncanny female interiors; 7. Abjected masculinities; Afterword; 8. Narrative chaos.

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