Embryology and the rise of the Gothic novel / / Diana Perez Edelman
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| Autore: |
Edelman Diana Perez
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| Titolo: |
Embryology and the rise of the Gothic novel / / Diana Perez Edelman
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| Pubblicazione: | Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2021] |
| ©2021 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (187 pages) |
| Disciplina: | 823.0872909 |
| Soggetto topico: | Gothic fiction (Literary genre), English - History and criticism |
| English literature - 18th century - History and criticism | |
| Nota di contenuto: | Intro -- Acknowledgments -- Praise for Embryology and the Rise of the Gothic Novel -- Contents -- Chapter 1: Conceiving the Gothic -- or, "A New Species of Romance" -- "Seeds of Poetry and Rhyme" -- "Modes of Perception" -- Or, Eighteenth-Century Embryology -- The Gothic: Preformationist or Epigenetic? -- Internal Sources of Identity -- Monstrosity, Hybridity, Endless Narration -- References -- Chapter 2: "A Very Natural Dream" -- or, The Castle of Otranto -- Origin Stories: The Dream and the Prefaces -- The Houses of Manfred and Alfonso -- The Statue as Symbol of Epigenesis -- References -- Chapter 3: "The Liberty of Choice" -- or, the Novels of Ann Radcliffe -- Radcliffe and Science -- Individual Passion versus Parental Control -- Family Resemblance -- The "Explained Supernatural" -- The Miniature -- Endless Narration -- References -- Chapter 4: "Dark, Shapeless Substances" -- or, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein -- M. W. Shelley & -- Embryology -- Interrogating Embryology -- Agrippa and Paracelsus -- Epigenesis & -- Preformation -- Egalitarian Embryology: The Female Creature -- References -- Chapter 5: "Nature Preached a Milder Theology" -- Or, Melmoth the Wanderer -- Biddy Brannigan: Birthing the Story -- Alonzo: From Preformation to Epigenesis -- Adonijah: Symbol of Epigenetic Power -- Immalee/Isidora: From Epigenesis to Preformation -- The Novel's Monstrous Form -- References -- Chapter 6: "Something Scarcely Tangible" -- Or, James Hogg's Confessions -- "Stern Doctrines" Versus "Free Principles" -- The Editor's Scientific Narrative -- Robert Colwan's Preformationist Nightmare -- The Monstrous Form of Confessions -- References -- Chapter 7: Conclusion: Gothic Offspring -- or, "The Qualitas Occulta" -- Diversity of Identities: The Fiction of Reproductive Technologies -- Hauntings in the Body: Supernatural Fiction -- References -- Index. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Embryology and the Rise of the Gothic Novel |
| ISBN: | 3-030-73648-2 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910488700603321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Palgrave Studies in Literature, Science and Medicine Ser.