Coherence of Gothic Conventions

First published in 1986, The Coherence of Gothic Conventions makes the case that the Gothic in English literature has been marked by a distinctive and highly influential set of ambitions about relations of meaning.

List of contents

Acknowledgements Preface Introduction 1. The Structure of Gothic Conventions 2. Language as Live Burial: Thomas de Quincey 3. Immediacy, Doubleness, and the Unspeakable: Wuthering Heights and Villette 4. The Character in the Veil: Imagery of the Surface in the Gothic Novel

Summary

First published in 1986, The Coherence of Gothic Conventions makes the case that the Gothic in English literature has been marked by a distinctive and highly influential set of ambitions about relations of meaning.

Product details

• Authors: Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.11.2024
• EAN: 9781032386560
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3238656-0
• No. of pages: 196
• Series: Routledge Revivals
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; LITERARY CRITICISM / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Gothic & Romance, LITERARY CRITICISM / Subjects & Themes / Women, LITERARY CRITICISM / Horror & Supernatural, Literary studies: general, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers