Gothic Invasions - Imperialism, War and Fin-De-Siecle Popular Fiction

Riassunto

Gothic Invasions investigates the prevalent concern with invasion and war in fin-de-siecle British popular fiction, identifies the role of imperial expansion in generating fears of invasion, and explores how these fears were expressed transgenerically in narratives of invasion drawing strongly upon the conventions and themes of gothic writing.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Ailise Bulfin
• Editore: University of Wales Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 31.08.2018
• EAN: 9781786832092
• ISBN: 978-1-78683-209-2
• Pagine: 288
• Serie: Gothic Literary Studies; Gothic Literary Studies
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura / linguistica inglese; de, English, War, Gothic, Fiction, LITERARY CRITICISM / Gothic & Romance, popular, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Fin, imperialism, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, siècle, invasions