
York Notes Companions Gothic Literature
by Susan Chaplin
Title:
York Notes Companions Gothic Literature
Author:
Susan Chaplin
Series (if any):
York Notes Companions
Format:
Paperback
Number of pages:
328 pages
Publisher:
Pearson Education Limited
ISBN-13:
9781408266663
EAN:
9781408266663
Publication Date:
26/07/2011
Classifications:
Literature: history and criticism
Weight (g):
544
Dimensions (mm):
210 x 148 x 18
Publication Country:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Condition:
New
Description
An exploration of Gothic literature from its origins in Horace Walpole’s 1764 classic The Castle of Otranto, through Romantic and Victorian Gothic to modernist and postmodernist takes on the form. The volume surveys key debates such as Female Gothic, the Gothic narrator and nation and empire, and focuses on a wide range of texts including The Mysteries of Udolpho, Frankenstein,Jane Eyre, Dracula,The Magic Toyshop and The Shining.

















