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Joan Passey

Cornish Gothic, 1830-1913

English · Hardback

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Description

In the nineteenth century, Cornwall was seen as a foreign nation on England's doorstep and imagined as a haunted place, full of ghosts, ghouls, monsters, and legends. This book explores how Gothic authors drew on this to create a Cornish Gothic tradition.

About the author

Joan Passey is lecturer of English at the University of Bristol.

Summary

In the nineteenth century, Cornwall was seen as a foreign nation on England’s doorstep and imagined as a haunted place, full of ghosts, ghouls, monsters, and legends. This book explores how Gothic authors drew on this to create a Cornish Gothic tradition.

Product details

Authors	Joan Passey
Publisher	University of Wales Press

Content	Book
Product form	Hardback
Publication date	15.04.2023
Subject	Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies

EAN	9781786839916
ISBN	978-1-78683-991-6
Pages	256

Series	Gothic Literary Studies
Subjects	Cornwall, 1913, English, Gothic, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Modern / 19th Century, LITERARY CRITICISM / Gothic & Romance, 1830, Cornish, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Joan, Social and cultural history, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Passey

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