History of the Gothic - Gothic Literature 1825-1914

In this volume, Jarlath Killeen provides a detailed and accessible introduction to the gothic literature of the nineteenth century. Examining how themes and trends associated with early gothic novels were diffused in many different genres throughout the Victorian period--including the ghost story, the detective story, and the adventure story--"History of the Gothic" pays particular attention to how the gothic attempted to resolve the psychological and theological problems introduced with the modernization and secularization of British society, as well as the relationship between the child and horror. Zusammenfassung Examines how themes and trends associated with the early Gothic novels were diffused in many genres in the Victorian period! including the ghost story! the detective story and the adventure story.

Product details

• Authors: Jarlath Killeen, Killeen Jarlath
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 15.08.2009, delayed
• EAN: 9780708320709
• ISBN: 978-0-7083-2070-9
• No. of pages: 192
• Series: Gothic Literary Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; 1914, Literature, History, Gothic, 1825, of, Literary studies: general, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, LITERARY CRITICISM / Novel as Form