History of the Gothic : Twentieth-Century Gothic /

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Author / Creator:	Armitt, Lucie, 1962-
Imprint:	Cardiff : University of Wales Press, 2011.
Description:	1 online resource (214 pages)
Language:	English
Series:	Gothic Literary Studies Gothic literary studies.
Subject:	Gothic fiction (Literary genre) -- History and criticism. Gothic fiction (Literary genre) Electronic books. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11122591

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ISBN:	9780708323625 0708323626
Notes:	Print version record.
Summary:	This is a book looking at Gothic literature and film and its relationship to society and culture. It spans the long twentieth century from Henry James's The Turn of the Screw (1898) to Sarah Waters's The Little Stranger (2009). One of the questions it raises is why we are still fascinated by ghosts, demons and monsters, despite living in a culture in which belief in the supernatural can no longer be assumed. It includes topics such as children and our fears for them, terrorism and atrocity, sexuality and disease and the comedy of fear.
Other form:	Print version: Armitt, Lucie. History of the Gothic : Twentieth-Century Gothic. Cardiff : University of Wales Press, ©2011 9780708320075

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