Gothic writing, 1750-1820 : a genealogy / Robert Miles.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Miles, Robert, 1953-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English literature--18th century--History and criticism.

English literature.

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

Horror tales, English--History and criticism.

Horror tales, English.

Gothic revival (Literature)--Great Britain.

Gothic revival (Literature).

Great Britain.

Discourse analysis, Literary.

Physical Description:

xii, 244 pages ; 22 cm

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Manchester, U.K. ; New York, NY : Manchester University Press ; New York, NY : Distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave, 2002.

Summary:

In this provocative study, Robert Miles uses the tools of modern literary theory and criticism to analyze this very distinctive body of text. Miles introduces the reader to contexts of Gothic in the 18th Century, including its historical development and its placement within discourse and gender concerns of the period. By drawing extensively on the ideas of Michel Foucault to establish a genealogy, he brings Gothic writing in from the margins of 'popular fiction', resituating it at the center of debate about Romanticism.

Contents:

Introduction: what is 'Gothic'? 1

1 Historicizing the Gothic 10

2 The Gothic aesthetic: the Gothic as discourse 28

3 The hygienic self: gender in the Gothic 46

4 Narratives of nurture 76

5 Narratives of descent 97

6 Radcliffe and interiority: towards the making of The Mysteries of Udolpho 115

7 Horrid shadows: the Gothic in Northanger Abbey 133

8 Avatars of Matthew Lewis's The Monk: Ann Radcliffe's The Italian and Charlotte Dacre's Zofloya: Or, The Moor 149

9 The poetic tale of terror: Christabel, The Eve of St Agnes and Lamia 176

10 Conclusion: Lee's Kruitzner and Byron's Werner 199.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 222-238) and index.

ISBN:

0719060095

OCLC:

48964988

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