Gothic Documents
Download or Read eBook Gothic Documents PDF written by Emma Clery and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2000-09-02 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Emma Clery |
| Publisher | : Manchester University Press |
| Total Pages | : 322 |
| Release | : 2000-09-02 |
| ISBN-10 | : 0719040272 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9780719040276 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (72 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Gothic Documents by : Emma Clery
Book excerpt: In the 1790s, while across the Channel a political revolution raged, Britain was struck by a reading revolution, a taste for terror fiction that seemed to know no bounds. Ann Radcliffe and "Monk" Lewis were only the most celebrated of a host of writers purveying a new brand of "Gothic" literature. How is it that the age of Enlightenment gave rise to the genre of the literary ghost story? This is a landmark in the study of Gothic writing: nowhere else is the historical location of Gothic more richly or vividly illustrated.
