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Book SynopsisCombining a new genealogy for the gothic novel with original research into gothic contexts in German idealist thought and romantic psychology,
The Gothic Text offers lively readings of British and Continental novels pointing back toward the Enlightenment and ahead toward Freud.
Trade Review"The story [Brown] tells converts the quirks and games of gothic fantasies into a dark and universal truth about the mysteries of human nature." --
Studies in Romanticism"[
The Gothic Text is] conveyed with such grace of style and such a range of reference here that every student of the Gothic and the Romantic
and their relationship ought to take account of it from now on." --
European Romantic Review"[A] highly readable and concisely coherent book." --
Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts"Brown . . . takes a fresh approach to the gothic, leading the reader gingerly and often wittily toward the true meaning of the gothic sensibility from a broad European, rather than solely British, perspective." --
CHOICETable of ContentsTable of Contents for The Gothic Text Preface A Note on Sources 1. Three Theses on Gothic Fiction 2. Fantasia: Kant and the Demons of the Night PART I: ORIGINS: WALPOLE 3. The Birth of The Castle of Otranto 4. Excursus: Notes on the History of Psycho-Narration 5. Ghosts in the Flesh PART II: KANT AND THE GOTHIC 6. At the Limits of Kantian Philosophy 7. Kant's Disciples 8. Kant and the Doctors 9. Meditative Interlude PART III: PHILSOPHY OF THE GOTHIC NOVEL 10. The Wild Ass's Skin 11. The Devil's Elixirs 12. Melmoth the Wanderer 13. Caleb Williams PART IV: CONSEQUENCES 14. In Defense of ClichA(c): Radcliffe's Landscapes 15. Frankenstein: A Child's Tale 16. Postscript: Faust and the Gothic Notes Works Cited Index
