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UNINA9910132242903321 |
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Autore |
Killeen Jarlath <1976-> |
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Titolo |
The Emergence of Irish Gothic Fiction : Histories, Origins, Theories / / Jarlath Killeen |
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Edinburgh University Press, 2013 |
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Edinburgh : , : Edinburgh University Press, , [2014] |
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©[2014] |
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ISBN |
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0-7486-9712-8 |
0-7486-9081-6 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (vii, 240 pages) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Monsters in literature |
Gothic fiction (Literary genre), English - Ireland - History and criticism |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-230) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 ; |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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. |
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