Author: Eino RailoPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 434
Book Description
The Haunted Castle
Author: Eino RailoPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 434
Book Description
The Haunted Castle
Author: Eino RailoPublisher:
ISBN: 9781258935184
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 422
Book Description
This is a new release of the original 1927 edition.
The Haunted Castle. A Study of the Elements of English Romanticism
Author: Eino RailoA Concise Bibliography for Students of English
Author: Arthur Garfield KennedyPublisher: Stanford University Press
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 484
Book Description
In Search of the Holy Grail
Author: Veronica OrtenbergPublisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 9781852853839
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 374
Book Description
This book surveys the influence of the middle ages, and of medieval attitudes and values, on later periods and on the modern world. Many artistic, political and literary movements have drawn inspiration and sought their roots in the thousand years between 500 and 1500 AD. Medieval Christianity, and its rich legacy, has been the essential background to European culture as a whole.Gothic architecture and chivalry were two keys to Romanticism, while nationalists, including the Nazis, looked back to the middle ages to find emerging signs of national character. In literature few myths have been as durable or popular as those of King Arthur, stretching from the Dark Ages to Hollywood. In Search of the Holy Grail is a vivid account of how later ages learnt about and interpreted the middle ages.
Gothic Fiction
Author: Angela WrightPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1350309370
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
What is the Gothic? Few literary genres have attracted so much praise and critical disdain simultaneously. This Guide returns to the Gothic novel's first wave of popularity, between 1764 and 1820, to explore and analyse the full range of contradictory responses that the Gothic evoked. Angela Wright appraises the key criticism surrounding the Gothic fiction of this period, from 18th century accounts to present-day commentaries. Adopting an easy-to-follow thematic approach, the Guide examines: - Contemporary criticism of the Gothic - The aesthetics of terror and horror - The influence of the French Revolution - Religion, nationalism and the Gothic - The relationship between psychoanalysis and the Gothic - The relationship between gender and the Gothic. Concise and authoritative, this indispensable Guide provides an overview of Gothic criticism and covers the work of a variety of well-known Gothic writers, such as Horace Walpole, Ann Radcliffe, Matthew Lewis and many others.
Stage Blood
Author: Roxana StuartPublisher: Popular Press
ISBN: 9780879726607
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
Stuart's study approaches the subject primarily from the viewpoint of literary criticism but also includes production history, providing the reader with a useful look at theatre practices. Additionally, insight is provided into the popular taste and imagination of different periods and cultures, as reflected in changing representations of the vampire, from the relative innocence of the Romantics to the evolving patterns of sadism, misogyny, and xenophobia of the end of the century. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Rise Of Gothic Novel
Author: Maggie KilgourPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 113613476X
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
One of the central images conjured up by the gothic novel is that of a shadowy spectre slowly rising from a mysterious abyss. In The Rise of the Gothic Novel, Maggie Kilgour argues that the ghost of the gothic is now resurrected in the critical methodologies which investigate it for the revelation of buried cultural secrets. In this cogent analysis of the rise and fall of the gothic as a popular form, Kilgour juxtaposes the writings of William Godwin with Mary Wollstonecraft, and Ann Radcliffe with Matthew Lewis. She concludes with a close reading of the quintessential gothic novel, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. An impressive and highly original study, The Rise of the Gothic Novel is an invaluable contribution to the continuing literary debates which surround this influential genre.
Gothic Masculinity
Author: Ellen BrinksPublisher: Bucknell University Press
ISBN: 9780838755242
Category : Comparative literature
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Hegel possessed : reading the gothic in the phenomenology of mind -- The male romantic poet as gothic subject : Keats's Hyperion and The fall of hyperion : a dream -- Sharing gothic secrets : Byron's The Giaour and Lara -- "This dream it would not pass away" : Christabel and mimetic enchantment -- The gothic romance of Sigmund Freud and Wilhelm Fliess
The Literary Haunted House
Author: Rebecca JanickerPublisher: McFarland
ISBN: 147661928X
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
The haunted house of American fiction is an iconic union of setting and theme with an enduring presence in popular culture that traces its lineage to the early English Gothic novels. Blurring the boundaries between past and present, the living and the dead, the haunted house--synonymous with the dark side of domesticity--challenges accepted notions of reality and wields a special power over the reader's imagination. Focusing on the work of H. P. Lovecraft, Richard Matheson and Stephen King, this critical work offers a fresh perspective on one of the most popular motifs in American fiction. Case studies demonstrate how these authors have kept the past alive while highlighting the complexities of modern society, using their ghostly tales to celebrate and challenge 20th century American history and culture.