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UNINA9910794549003321 |
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Autore |
Marshall Bridget <1974-> |
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Titolo |
Industrial gothic : workers, exploitation and urbanization in transatlantic nineteenth-century literature / / Bridget M. Marshall |
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Cardiff, England : , : University of Wales Press, , [2021] |
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©2021 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (290 pages) |
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Collana |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Industrial revolution in literature |
Industries in literature |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Weaving a Transatlantic Gothic Industrial History -- 1 The Industrial Gothic Novel -- 2 Industrializing the Gothic Victim/Heroine: Mill Girls and Factory Girls -- 3 The Carceral Gothic and the Cotton Industrial Complex -- 4 Old and New Industrial Horrors: Monsters and Disabled Bodies -- 5 The Industrial Environment: EcoGothic Horrors -- Epilogue Unravelling the Industrial Gothic -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The Gothic is more than just maidens-in-peril fleeing supernatural villains in another age. Historically, it was a form used to depict and critique the dangerous labour conditions faced by workers during the Industrial Revolution. |
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