Gothic Poland and British Fiction, C. 17901830

This Element demonstrates how Poland became a gothic setting in British fiction between the 1790s and the 1830s as a result of public interest in the partitions of Poland (1772-95) and their aftermath. It first discusses the ways Minerva gothics capitalised on the appeal of the Polish cause and showcases salient patterns for the 'Gothicisation' of Poland. This is followed by two focused readings of texts - Jane Porter's Thaddeus of Warsaw (1803) and Catherine Gore's Polish Tales (1833) - that build on this tradition and further explore the potential of female gothic frameworks and the gothic's long-standing investment in war and revolution to generalise and allegorise the political turmoil in Poland. This Element argues that the idea of Gothic Poland in British fiction was negotiated between the particular and the universal, the familiar and the unknown, the need for historical and factual accuracy and the prevalent patterns of gothic obfuscation.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction; 1. Poland in Minerva Gothics; 2. Jane Porter's Thaddeus of Warsaw (1803): Poland and the Gothic underplots; 3. Catherine Gore's polish tales (1833): Complicating Poland's victimhood; Conclusion; Bibliography.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Jakub (Kazimierz Wielki University) Lipski, Lipski Jakub
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erscheint: 31.12.2025
• EAN: 9781009548212
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0954821-2
• Seiten: 75
• Serie: Elements in the Gothic
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft > Allgemeine und Vergleichende Literaturwissenschaft; European History, English, Poland, British & Irish history, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Romanticism, Classic horror & ghost stories, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Literary studies: c 1600 to c 1800, Classic horror, ghost stories and supernatural fiction