The Gothic novel, 1790-1830 : plot summaries and index to motifs / / Ann B. Tracy

• Autore: Tracy Ann Blaisdell
• Pubblicazione: Lexington, Kentucky : , : The University Press of Kentucky, , 1981; ©1981
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (225 p.)
• Disciplina: 823/.0872/09
• Soggetto topico: English fiction - 19th century; Gothic revival (Literature) - Great Britain; English fiction - 18th century; Horror tales, English; English fiction - Themes, motives
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Include indexes.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Summaries; Index to Motifs; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Index of Characters; Heroes; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z; Heroines; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Villains/Villainesses; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z; Index of Titles; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z
• Sommario/riassunto: A research guide for specialists in the Gothic novel, the Romantic movement, the eighteenth- and nineteenth-century novel, and popular culture, this work contains summaries of more than two hundred novels, reputed to be Gothic, published in English between 1790 and 1830. Also included are indexes of titles and characters and an extensive index of characteristic objects, motifs, and themes that recur in the novels -- such as corpses, bloody and otherwise, dungeons, secret passageways, filicide, fratricide, infanticide, matricide, patricide, and suicide.The novels described, including those by s
• Titolo autorizzato: The Gothic novel, 1790-1830
• ISBN: 0-8131-8668-4; 0-8131-6479-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910459617003321
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