History of Gothic Publishing, 1800-1835 - Exhuming the Trade

Informationen zum Autor FRANZ J. POTTER is an Adjunct Professor at Plymouth State University, USA and Southern New Hampshire University, USA. He has written extensively on the trade Gothic, the Gothic chapbook industry and author Sarah Wilkinson, and is Editor of The Monster Made by Man, a Compendium of Gothic Adaptations . Klappentext To better understand and contextualise the twilight of the Gothic genre during the 1920s and 1830s, The History of Gothic Publishing, 1800-1835: Exhuming the Trade examines the disreputable aspects of the Gothic trade from its horrid bluebooks to the desperate hack writers who created the short tales of terror. From the Gothic publishers to the circulating libraries, this study explores the conflict between the canon and the twilight, and between the disreputable and the moral. Zusammenfassung To better understand and contextualise the twilight of the Gothic genre during the 1920s and 1830s, The History of Gothic Publishing, 1800-1835: Exhuming the Trade examines the disreputable aspects of the Gothic trade from its horrid bluebooks to the desperate hack writers who created the short tales of terror. From the Gothic publishers to the circulating libraries, this study explores the conflict between the canon and the twilight, and between the disreputable and the moral. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Tables Acknowledgements Preface Literary Rubbish The Circulating Library Literary Mushrooms: The Gothic Bluebook Ghosts, Spectres and Phantoms: Recycling the Gothic in Periodicals and Anthologies Morality and Blood: William Child Green The Romance of Real Life: Sarah Wilkinson The Monster of Morality: Mary Shelley Appendix One: Gothic Novels, 1800-1834 Appendix Two: Gothic Bluebooks 1799-1835 Appendix Three: Gothic Tales 1800-1834 Bibliography Index

List of contents

List of Tables Acknowledgements Preface Literary Rubbish The Circulating Library Literary Mushrooms: The Gothic Bluebook Ghosts, Spectres and Phantoms: Recycling the Gothic in Periodicals and Anthologies Morality and Blood: William Child Green The Romance of Real Life: Sarah Wilkinson The Monster of Morality: Mary Shelley Appendix One: Gothic Novels, 1800-1834 Appendix Two: Gothic Bluebooks 1799-1835 Appendix Three: Gothic Tales 1800-1834 Bibliography Index

Product details

• Authors: F Potter, F. Potter, Franz J. Potter
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.01.2014
• EAN: 9781349544806
• ISBN: 978-1-349-54480-6
• No. of pages: 225
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures; B, Fiction & related items, Fiction, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, European Literature, Literature, Modern—19th century, Nineteenth-Century Literature, Literary studies: c 1600 to c 1800, Eighteenth-Century Literature, Literature, Modern—18th century, British literature, British and Irish Literature, Fiction Literature, Palgrave Literature & Performing Arts Collection