Locating the Gothic in British Modernity

The late-Victorian era hasbeen extensively researched as a period of Gothic literature, and this studyseeks to build upon this body of work by connecting the content of such studiesto the early decades of the twentieth century, which are less often seen interms of Gothic or supernatural literature. Beginning with the quintessentially urbanGothic space of fin de sicle London, as represented in classic texts such as Dracula and Arthur Machens The Great God Pan, the study proceeds toask how the themes and energies which emerge in this moment evolve throughoutthe early twentieth century. In the ghost stories of authors

Summary

This study considers howBritish literature from the late-Victorian era to the 1930s draws upon Gothic andsupernatural narrative and imagery in its representations of place, whethermetropolitan, suburban or rural; it argues that this period of dramatic socio-culturalchange is shadowed by a corresponding evolution in Gothic literaryrepresentation.

Product details

• Authors: SAM WISEMAN, Sam (Faculty of Arts Wiseman
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.05.2022
• EAN: 9781802070279
• ISBN: 978-1-80207-027-9
• No. of pages: 272
• Series: Clemson University Press; Clemson University Press w/ LUP
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies