Gothic Novel in Ireland, C. 17601829

A compelling account of the development of gothic literature in late-eighteenth and early-nineteenth century Ireland.

List of contents

Introduction: locating the Irish gothic novel
1. Gothic temporalities: 'Gothicism', 'historicism', and the overlap of
fictional modes from Thomas Leland to Walter Scott
2. Gothic genres: romances, novels, and the classifications of Irish Romantic fiction
3. Gothic geographies: the cartographic consciousness of Irish gothic
fiction
4. Gothic materialities: Regina Maria Roche, the Minerva Press, and the bibliographic spread of Irish gothic fiction
Conclusion
Appendix 1: A working bibliography of Irish gothic fiction, c. 1760-1829
Select bibliography
Index

About the author

Christina Morin is an Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences (IRCHSS) postdoctoral research fellow at Trinity College Dublin, where she is working on a project titled ‘The Gothic Novel in Ireland, 1760-1830’

Summary

A compelling account of the development of gothic literature in late-eighteenth and early-nineteenth century Ireland. -- .

Product details

• Authors: Christina Morin, Morin Christina
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.05.2018
• EAN: 9780719099175
• ISBN: 978-0-7190-9917-5
• No. of pages: 248
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Cultural Studies, English, Social & cultural history, LITERARY CRITICISM / Gothic & Romance, HISTORY / Europe / Ireland, Ireland, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Social and cultural history, 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