Gothic Travel Through Haunted Landscapes - Climates of Fear

This book argues that travel in Gothic literature offers a unique and transformative perspective on recurring cultural preoccupations with fear, unknown landscapes, environmental change, surveillance, and the foreign.

Sommario

Acknowledgements; Introduction - Establishing Gothic Footfall; Travel Versus Tourism; Frissons and Chills; Climates of Fear; 1 Climate and the Elemental Gothic; 2 Stopping Points and (Final Un-)Resting Places; 3 At the Edge: Gothic Extremities in Britain and Ireland; 4 Walking Abroad: Ghosts and Landscape; Conclusion; Works Cited; Index

Info autore

Lucie Armitt is a professor of Contemporary English Literature at University of Lincoln, UK.

Scott Brewster is a reader in Modern English Literature at University of Lincoln, UK.

Riassunto

This book argues that travel in Gothic literature offers a unique and transformative perspective on recurring cultural preoccupations with fear, unknown landscapes, environmental change, surveillance, and the foreign.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Lucie Armitt, Lucie Brewster Armitt, Armitt Lucie, Scott Brewster, Brewster Scott
• Editore: Anthem Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 31.12.2021
• EAN: 9781839980213
• ISBN: 978-1-83998-021-3
• Pagine: 196
• Serie: Anthem Studies in Gothic Literature; Anthem Studies in Gothic Liter
• Categorie: Narrativa > Poesia lirica, drammatica; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura generale e comparata; Gothic, LITERARY CRITICISM / Gothic & Romance, LITERARY CRITICISM / Subjects & Themes / Nature, LITERARY CRITICISM / Horror & Supernatural, Literary studies: general, Romanticism, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Nature and the natural world: general interest, Literature: history and criticism, Horror, ghost stories and supernatural fiction