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Record Nr.

UNINA9910815624103321

Autore

Killeen Jarlath <1976->

Titolo

Gothic literature 1825-1914 / / Jarlath Killeen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cardiff, Wales : , : University of Wales Press, , 2009

©2009

ISBN

0-7083-2244-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (260 p.)

Collana

History of the Gothic

Disciplina

823.0872909

Soggetti

Gothic fiction (Literary genre) - History and criticism

English fiction - 19th century - History and criticism

Children in literature

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

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Series Editors' Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction; The Ghosts of Time; The Horror of Childhood; Regional Gothic; Ghosting the Gothic and the New Occult; Conclusion:Moving to the GothicTrenches; Survey of Criticism; Gothic Chronology; Endnotes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This volume in this exciting new series provides a detailed yet accessible study of Gothic literature in the nineteenth century. It examines how themes and trends associated with the early Gothic novels were diffused widely in many different genres in the Victorian period, including the ghost story, the detective story and the adventure story.