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Informationen zum Autor Anne DeLong is associate professor of English at Kutztown University. Klappentext A valuable resource for readers exploring the classic horror genre, this book presents primary source documents alongside analysis in an examination of the social, political, and economic factors reflected in 19th century Gothic literature.The nineteenth century was a time of social, cultural, and economic change; revolutionary scientific developments; and enduring imaginative works. This book explores the classic horror genre of Gothic literature in its historical and social contexts. It contains chapters on four major works of classic horror, with each chapter providing a mix of background information, primary source historical documents, and analysis that will appeal as much to high school and college students as to lovers of literature and the Victorian era.Coleridge's The Rime of the Ancient Mariner is contextualized through documents pertaining to British imperialism, Antarctic Exploration, and the burgeoning environmentalist movement. Shelley's Frankenstein is explored through sections on galvanism, electricity, grave robbing, and the vitalist debate. Stevenson's The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is read through explanations of nineteenth-century drug use and addiction and early theories of psychology and criminology. Stoker's Dracula is studied with reference to such topics as mesmerism, clairvoyance, alienism, medical ethics, xenophobia, and Victorian pseudoscience. Inhaltsverzeichnis Series Foreword, Acknowledgments, Introduction and Background, Chronology, 1 "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" (Samuel Taylor Coleridge, 1798), Synopsis, Historical Background, About Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Why We Read This Work, Historical Explorations of "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner," Documenting "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner," British Imperialism and Arctic Exploration, Document: Captain George Shelvocke, A Voyage Round the World by Way of the Great South Sea (1726), Document: W. Ellis, An Authentic Narrative of a Voyage Performed by Captain Cook and Captain Clerke, in His Majesty's Ships Resolution and Discovery, during the Years 1776, 1777, 1778, 1789, and 1780 (1783), Document: Captain James Cook, A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean (1793), Document: Robert Southey, "The Sailor, Who Had Served in the Slave Trade" (1798), Morality and Environmentalism, Document: Jeremy Bentham, An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation (1789), Document: William Bartram, Travels through North & South Carolina, Georgia, East & West Florida, the Cherokee Country, the Extensive Territories of the Muscogulges, or Creek Confederacy, and the Country of the Chactaws; Containing an Account of the Soil and Natural Productions of Those Regions, Together with Observations on the Manners of the Indians (1791), Document: Joseph Ritson, An Essay on Abstinence from Animal Food: As a Moral Duty (1802), Document: Ernst Haeckel, Principles of General Morphology of Organisms (1866), Document: Ernst Haeckel, "Proofs of the Truth of the Theory of Descent," in The History of Creation: Or, The Development of the Earth and Its Inhabitants by the Action of Natural Causes, Volume II (1887), Suggested Readings, 2 Frankenstein (Mary Shelley, 1818), Synopsis, Historical Background, About Mary Shelley, Why We Read This Work, Historical Explorations of Frankenstein , Documenting Frankenstein , Lightning Strikes: Harnessing the Power, Document: Benjamin Franklin, Experiments and Observations on Electricity (1752), Document: Joseph Priestley, The History and Present State of Electricity (1767), Document: Richard Fowler, Experiments and Obs...
