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The Victorian Gothic : An Edinburgh Companion / Andrew Smith, William Hughes.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Edinburgh Companions to the Gothic : ECGPublisher: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2022]Copyright date: ©2012Description: 1 online resource (272 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780748642496
  • 9780748654970
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 823.08729 23
LOC classification:
  • PR830.T3 V53 2012
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Locating the Victorian Gothic -- 1. Victorian Realism and the Gothic: Objects of Terror Transformed -- 2. Sensation Fiction: A Peep Behind the Veil -- 3. Victorian Gothic Pulp Fiction -- 4. Victorian Gothic Drama -- 5. Victorian Gothic Poetry: The Corpse’s [a] Text -- 6. The Victorian Ghost Story -- 7. Victorian Gothic and National Identity: Cross-Channel ‘Mysteries’ -- 8. The Victorian Gothic and Gender -- 9. Queer Victorian Gothic -- 10. Victorian Gothic Death -- 11. Science and the Gothic -- 12. Victorian Medicine and the Gothic -- 13. Imperial Gothic -- 14. Fin-de-siècle Gothic -- Bibliography -- Notes on Contributors -- Index
Summary: The first multi-disciplinary scholarly consideration of the Victorian GothicGBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup(['ISBN:9780748691166','ISBN:9780748642496','ISBN:9780748654970']);These 14 chapters, each written by an acknowledged expert in the field, provide an invaluable insight into the complex and various Gothic forms of the nineteenth century. Covering a range of diverse contexts, the chapters focus on science, medicine, Queer theory, imperialism, nationalism, and gender. Together with further chapters on the ghost story, realism, the fin de siècle, pulp fictions, sensation fiction, and the Victorian way of death, the Companion provides the most complete overview of the Victorian Gothic to date.The book is an essential resource for students and scholars working on the Gothic, Victorian literature and culture, and critical theory.Key FeaturesFirst multi-authored thorough exploration of the Victorian GothicOriginal research in all chaptersSets the agenda for future scholarship in the field"
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9780748654970

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Locating the Victorian Gothic -- 1. Victorian Realism and the Gothic: Objects of Terror Transformed -- 2. Sensation Fiction: A Peep Behind the Veil -- 3. Victorian Gothic Pulp Fiction -- 4. Victorian Gothic Drama -- 5. Victorian Gothic Poetry: The Corpse’s [a] Text -- 6. The Victorian Ghost Story -- 7. Victorian Gothic and National Identity: Cross-Channel ‘Mysteries’ -- 8. The Victorian Gothic and Gender -- 9. Queer Victorian Gothic -- 10. Victorian Gothic Death -- 11. Science and the Gothic -- 12. Victorian Medicine and the Gothic -- 13. Imperial Gothic -- 14. Fin-de-siècle Gothic -- Bibliography -- Notes on Contributors -- Index

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The first multi-disciplinary scholarly consideration of the Victorian GothicGBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup(['ISBN:9780748691166','ISBN:9780748642496','ISBN:9780748654970']);These 14 chapters, each written by an acknowledged expert in the field, provide an invaluable insight into the complex and various Gothic forms of the nineteenth century. Covering a range of diverse contexts, the chapters focus on science, medicine, Queer theory, imperialism, nationalism, and gender. Together with further chapters on the ghost story, realism, the fin de siècle, pulp fictions, sensation fiction, and the Victorian way of death, the Companion provides the most complete overview of the Victorian Gothic to date.The book is an essential resource for students and scholars working on the Gothic, Victorian literature and culture, and critical theory.Key FeaturesFirst multi-authored thorough exploration of the Victorian GothicOriginal research in all chaptersSets the agenda for future scholarship in the field"

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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