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The Gothic Tradition in Fiction /

Macandrew, Elizabeth

The Gothic Tradition in Fiction / Elizabeth Macandrew. - 1 online resource

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Part One. The Shape of Ideas -- Chapter One: Introductory: Gothic Literature-What It Is and Why -- Chapter Two: Characters-The Reflected Self -- Chapter Three: Characters-The Split Personality -- Chapter Four: Setting and Narrative Structure-"Far Other Worlds and Other Seas" -- Part Two. The Continuing Tradition -- Chapter Five: The Victorian Hall of Mirrors -- Epilogue: The Twentieth Century -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

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Traces the appearance and use of certain literary devices through two hundred years, showing that authors writing in the gothic tradition employ the same structures, imagery, and methods of characterization because their works have a common purpose - the exploration of human nature.


Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.


In English.

9780231935401 9780231894210

10.7312/maca93540 doi


LITERARY CRITICISM / Gothic & Romance.