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![]() This introductory study provides a thorough grounding in both the history of Gothic literature and the way in which Gothic texts have been (and can be) critically read.The book opens with a chronology and an introduction to the principaltexts and key critical terms, followed by four chapters: The GothicHeyday 1760-1820 Gothic 1820-1865 Gothic Proximities 1865-1900 and t This introductory study provides a thorough grounding in both the history of Gothic literature and the way in which Gothic texts have been (and can be) critically read.The book opens with a chronology and an introduction to the principaltexts and key critical terms, followed by four chapters: The GothicHeyday 1760-1820 Gothic 1820-1865 Gothic Proximities 1865-1900 and theTwentieth Century. The discussion examines how the Gothic has developed in different national contexts and in different forms, including novels, novellas, poems, and films. Each chapter concludes with a close reading of a specific text - Frankenstein, Jane Eyre, Dracula and The Silence of the Lambs - to illustrate the ways in which contextual discussion informs critical analysis. The book ends with a conclusion outlining possible future developments within scholarship on the Gothic.Key Features* Provides a single, comprehensive and accessible introduction to Gothic literature* Offers a coherent account of the historical development of the Gothic in arange of literary and national contexts* Introduces the ways in which critical theories of class, gender, race andnational identity have been applied to Gothic texts*Includes an outline of essential resources and a guide to further reading. A Brief Introduction to Gothic Literature Elements, Themes, and Examples from the Gothic Style Universal/Getty Images By Adam Burgess Updated on SeptemThe term Gothic originates with the architecture created by the Germanic Goth tribes that was later expanded to include most medieval architecture. In my opinion, this was a better introductory-analytical companion to Gothic literature compared to Fred Botting's Gothic. The gothic genre was really popular during the 1800s with Frankenstein, Wuthering Heights and. ![]() Second, it helped her issues, They were stories that made all I felt and feared seems less of a burden. It is a well-written, well-researched, quite comprehensive chronological dive into many works of gothic literature from its early manifestations in romantic poetry and the writings of Radcliffe and Lewis to the fin de siècle gothic of Shelley and Stevenson. Gothic literature evokes an atmosphere of mystery, fear or terror. First, she said that it helped her understand life. The concluding chapter, while intriguing in intention (it deals with modern and postmodern incarnations of gothic) is t In my opinion, this was a better introductory-analytical companion to Gothic literature compared to Fred Botting's Gothic.
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