The Gothic and Theory : An Edinburgh Companion Paperback / softback
Edited by Jerrold E. Hogle, Robert Miles
Part of the Edinburgh Companions to the Gothic series
Paperback / softback
Description
Provides a scholarly account of the striking interplay between the Gothic and theory over two-and-a-half centuries This collection provides a thorough representation of the early and ongoing conversation between Gothic and theory - philosophical, aesthetic, psychological and cultural - both in the many modes of Gothic and in many of the realms of theory now current in the modern world.
Each essay focuses on a particular kind of theory-Gothic relationship, every one of which has a history and each of which is still being explored in enactments of the Gothic and of theory today. Key Features Provides the first detailed discussion of the interrelationship between literary theory and the Gothic from the inception of the Gothic to the present dayEnables students to connect what otherwise seem a wide variety of diverse phenomena, from the rise of philosophical 'emotivism' to poetic tales of terror and Gothic filmAdvances current scholarly investigation, by invigorating debates within both Gothic studies and literary theory.
Makes connections between a wide variety of issues, from eco-crisis and contemporary culture wars to the persistent problem of the 'other'
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Less than 10 available - usually despatched within 24 hours
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:344 pages
- Publisher:Edinburgh University Press
- Publication Date:30/11/2020
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- ISBN:9781474427784
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Less than 10 available - usually despatched within 24 hours
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:344 pages
- Publisher:Edinburgh University Press
- Publication Date:30/11/2020
- Category:
- ISBN:9781474427784
