The Emergence of Irish Gothic Fiction : Histories, Origins, Theories / / Jarlath Killeen

• Autore: Killeen Jarlath <1976->
• Pubblicazione: Edinburgh University Press, 2013; Edinburgh : , : Edinburgh University Press, , [2014]; ©[2014]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (vii, 240 pages)
• Disciplina: 823.0
• Soggetto topico: Monsters in literature; Gothic fiction (Literary genre), English - Ireland - History and criticism
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Soggetto non controllato: Literature; Allegory; Anglicanism; Catholic Church; Gothic architecture; Ireland; Protestantism
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-230) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: The emergence of Irish gothic fiction
• ISBN: 0-7486-9712-8; 0-7486-9081-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 996465258103316
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno