Gothic literature 1764-1824 /

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Author / Creator:Davison, Carol Margaret, author.
Imprint:Cardiff : University of Wales Press, 2009.
Description:1 online resource (xiii, 368 pages).
Language:English
Series:Gothic literary studies
History of the Gothic
History of the Gothic (Cardiff, Wales)
Gothic literary studies.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11212104
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ISBN:9780708322611
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Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-353) and index.
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Summary:This title offers a detailed yet accessible introduction to classic British Gothic literature and the popular sub-category of the Female Gothic designed for the student reader. Works by such classic Gothic authors as Horace Walpole, Matthew Lewis, Ann Radcliffe, William Godwin, and Mary Shelley are examined against the backdrop of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century British social and political history and significant intellectual/cultural developments. Identification and interpretation of the Gothic's variously reconfigured major motifs and conventions is provided alongside suggestions for f.
Other form:Print version: Davison, Carol Margaret. Gothic literature 1764-1824. Cardiff : University of Wales Press, 2009 9780708320099