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The emergence of Irish gothic fiction : history, origins, theories / Jarlath Killeen.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Killeen, Jarlath, 1976- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Gothic fiction (Literary genre), English--Ireland--History and criticism.
- Gothic fiction (Literary genre), English.
- Monsters in literature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (vii, 240 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Edinburgh University Press 2013
- Edinburgh, Scotland : Edinburgh University Press, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- This study provides a robustly theorised and thoroughly historicised account of the beginnings of Irish gothic fiction, maps the theoretical terrain covered by other critics, and puts forward a new history of the emergence of the genre in Ireland.
- Contents:
- Introduction Zombieland: From Gothic Ireland to Irish Gothic ; Chapter 1 Braindead: Locating the Gothic ; Chapter 2 The Creeping Unknown: Re-Making Meaning in the Gothic Novel ; Chapter 3 Mad Love: The Adventures of Miss Sophia Berkley and the Politics of Consent ; Chapter 4 The Monster Club: Monstrosity, Catholicism and Revising the (1641) Rising ; Chapter 5 Undead: Unmaking Monsters in Longsword ; Conclusion Land of the Dead ;
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- CC BY
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on print record.
- Other Format:
- Print version:
- ISBN:
- 9780748697120
- 0748697128
- 9780748690817
- 0748690816
- OCLC:
- 880968636
- Access Restriction:
- Unrestricted online access
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