Gothic Renaissance : a reassessment / edited by Elisabeth Bronfen and Beate Neumeier.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bronfen, Elisabeth, editor.

Neumeier, Beate, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English literature--Early modern, 1500-1700--History and criticism.

English literature.

Gothic fiction (Literary genre), English--History and criticism.

Gothic fiction (Literary genre), English.

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

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 272 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2014.

Summary:

This collection of essays by experts in Renaissance and Gothic studies tracks the lines of connection between Gothic sensibilities and the discursive network of the Renaissance.

Contents:

Gothic Renaissance: A reassessment; Halt Title Page ; Title Page ; Copyright Page ; Contents; Acknowledgements; Notes on contributors; Introduction: Elisabeth Bronfen and Beate Neumeier; Part I: Shakespearean hauntings; 1. Yorick's skull: John Drakakis; 2. Beyond reason: Hamlet and earlymodern stage ghosts: Catherine Belsey; 3. 'What do I fear? Myself?':nightmares, conscience andthe 'Gothic' self in Richard III: Per Sivefors; 4. Queen Margaret's haunting revenge:the Gothic legacy of Shakespeare'sWars of the Roses: Elisabeth Bronfen; Part II: Gothic Renaissance theatre

5. Vision and desire:fantastic Renaissance spectacles: Beate Neumeier6. From grotesque to Gothic:Ben Jonson's Masque of Queenes: Lynn S. Meskill; Part III: Gothic textuality inthe early modern period; 7. Exhumations:scopophobia in Renaissance texts: Duncan Salkeld; 8. Bright hair and brittle bones -Gothic affinities in metaphysical poetry: Ulrike Zimmermann; 9. Vampirism in the Bower of Bliss: Garrett Sullivan; 10. Ghostly authorities andthe British popular press: Andrea Brady; Part IV: Persistence of the Gothic

11. Monstrous to our human reason:minding the gap in The Winter's Tale: Richard Wilson12. Shakespeare, Ossian and the problemof 'Scottish Gothic': Dale Townshend; 13. The rage of Caliban: Dorian Grayand the Gothic body: Andreas Höfele; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on April 9, 2026).

ISBN:

9781526111142

1526111144

9781526111159

1526111152

OCLC:

960165719