"The Gothic Vision" examines a broad range of tales of horror, terror, the uncanny and the supernatural, spanning the late 18th century to the present, and of related theoretical approaches to the realm of dark writing. It argues that such narratives are objects for historical analysis, due to their implication in specific ideologies, whilst also focusing on the recurrence over time of themes of physical and psychological disintegration, spectrality and monstrosity. Central to the book's argument is the proposition that fear is a ubiquitous phenomenon, capable of awakening consciousness even as it appears to paralyse it.
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CONTRIBUTORS: Dani Cavallaro
EAN: 9780826456014
COUNTRY: United Kingdom
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WEIGHT: 490 g
HEIGHT: 234 cm
PUBLISHED BY: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
DATE PUBLISHED: 2002-08-01
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GENRE: LITERARY CRITICISM / General
WIDTH: 156 cm
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Book Themes:
English, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Literary studies: general, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers
."..a readable, intriguing narrative... Cavallaro deploys a variety of critical theories, on the whole judiciously selecting the approach that seems well suited to the work under discussion."- Robert F. Geary, "International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts, "Summer 2006, 17.2--Sanford Lakoff, "A thorough, well-written overview of Gothic literature from the publication of Horace Walpole's The Castle of Otranto (1764) to the present (Stephen King, Anne Rice, Patrick McGrath)....I would use it as a compulsory text for undergraduates." Anne Williams, Professor of English, University of Georgia
Dani Cavallaro is a freelance writer specializing in literary studies, critical and cultural theory and the visual arts.
