Ghosts of the Gothic : : Austen, Eliot and Lawrence / / Judith Wilt.
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 c...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1980-1999 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2014] ©1980 |
| Year of Publication: | 2014 |
| Edition: | Course Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Princeton Legacy Library ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (326 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Preface
- Part I
- Introduction: "This Heretic Narrative": Approaches To A Gothic Theoretic
- Chapter One: Gothic Fathers: The Castle Of Otranto, The Italian, The Monk, Melmoth The Wanderer
- Chapter Two: Gothic Brothers: Frankenstein, The Memoirs and Confessions of A Justified Sinner, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Dracula
- Part II
- Introduction: The Gothic Heritage
- Chapter Three: Jane Austen: The Anxieties Of Common Life
- Chapter Four: George Eliot: The Garment Of Fear
- Chapter Five: D. H. Lawrence: Ghosts In The Daylight
- Conclusion: A High, Vibrating Place
- Index