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.

Sommario

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

Info autore

Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick

Riassunto

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.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 14.02.2023
• EAN: 9781032386485
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3238648-5
• Pagine: 196
• Serie: Routledge Revivals
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura generale e comparata; 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