Gothic radicalism : literature, philosophy, and psychoanalysis in the nineteenth century / Andrew Smith.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Smith, Andrew, 1964-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849--Fictional works.

Poe, Edgar Allan.

Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849.

English fiction--19th century--History and criticism.

English fiction.

Horror tales, English--History and criticism.

Horror tales, English.

Psychoanalysis and literature--Great Britain--History--19th century.

Psychoanalysis and literature.

Gothic revival (Literature).

Radicalism in literature.

Philosophy in literature.

History.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

ix, 188 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : St. Martin's Press, 2000.

Summary:

Applying ideas drawn from contemporary critical theory, this book historicizes psychoanalysis through a new and significant theorization of the Gothic. The central premise is that the nineteenth-century Gothic produced a radical critique of accounts of sublimity and Freudian psychoanalysis. This book makes a major contribution to an understanding of both the nineteenth century and the Gothic discourse which challenged the dominant ideas of that period. Writers explored include Mary Shelley, Edgar Allan Poe, Robert Louis Stevenson, and Bram Stoker.

Contents:

1 The Gothic and the Sublime 11

2 Frankenstein: Sublimity Reconsidered, Foucault and Kristeva 38

3 History and the Sublime 59

4 Sublime Utterance: Gothic Voyages, Going Public with the Private 76

5 The Urban Sublime: Kant and Poe 103

6 Textuality and Sublimity in Dracula 129

7 Freud's Uncanny Sublime 148.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-185) and index.

ISBN:

0312230427

OCLC:

42733896