Gothic & Romantic 19

Extrait : "L'homme, quel qu'il soit, est une créature complexe. Émile Zola a défini l'art : la nature vue à travers un tempérament, et voici la nature infinie dans sa substantialité et indéfinie dan……続きを見る

Thomas De Quincey: The Prose of Vision is the first full-length critical study of De Quincey's imaginative writings. Considering these writings as a 'prose of vision' transcending their origins in m……続きを見る

Devotional Inspiration from the Lives of Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy The Little Women Devotional offers lovely inspiration that explores the themes of faith, family, contentment, wisdom, and joy in the c……続きを見る

Lynne Tatlock examines the transmission, diffusion, and literary survival of Jane Eyre in the German-speaking territories and the significance and effects thereof, 1848-1918. Engaging with scholarsh……続きを見る

Robert Smythe Hichens' novel, The Green Carnation, is a groundbreaking work that explores the complexities of homosexual relationships and societal expectations in late 19th century England. Written……続きを見る

Wilson Armistead's 'Tales and Legends of the English Lakes' is a collection of folklore and stories surrounding the picturesque lakes of England. Armistead blends historical facts with mythical tale……続きを見る

Great writers of the past whose works we still read and love will be read forever. They will survive the test of time. We remember authors of true genius because their writings are simply the best. ……続きを見る

An Irish writer of Gothic tales and mystery novels. He was the leading ghost-story writer of the nineteenth century and was central to the development of the genre in the Victorian era. Three of his……続きを見る

An Irish writer of Gothic tales and mystery novels. He was the leading ghost-story writer of the nineteenth century and was central to the development of the genre in the Victorian era. Three of his……続きを見る

Montague Rhodes James authored some of the most highly regarded ghost stories of all timeーclassics such as “Oh, Whistle, and I’ll Come to You, My Lad” that have been adapted many times over for rad……続きを見る

Although "snail mail" may seem old fashioned and outdated in the twenty-first century, Catherine Golden argues that the creation of the Penny Post in Victorian England was just as revolutionary in i……続きを見る

Gothic Mash-Ups explores the role of intertextuality in Gothic storytelling through the analysis of texts from diverse periods and media. Drawing on recent scholarship on Gothic remix and adaptation……続きを見る

Neo-Gothic Narratives defines and theorises what, exactly, qualifies as such a text, what mobilises the employment of the Gothic to speak to our own times, whether nostalgia plays a role and whether……続きを見る

Recent years have seen the strong development of Neo-Victorian studies, including its theorisation by such scholars as Cora Kaplan, Sally Shuttleworth, Ann Heilmann, Christian Gutleben, Marie-Louise……続きを見る

Recent years have seen the strong development of Neo-Victorian studies, including its theorisation by such scholars as Cora Kaplan, Sally Shuttleworth, Ann Heilmann, Christian Gutleben, Marie-Louise……続きを見る

When Vicar Flemming arrives with his wife, Eva, to take up his post in the Victorian village of Braxton in northern England, his handsome figure sets the ladies's hearts aflutter, including that of ……続きを見る

Granida, geschreven door P. C. Hooft, is een klassiek Nederlandse toneelstuk dat voor het eerst werd opgevoerd in 1615. Het verhaal is een liefdesverhaal geïnspireerd op de oude Romeinse mythe van D……続きを見る

The hardness of stone, the pliancy of wood, the fluidity of palm oil, the crystalline nature of salt, and the vegetable qualities of moss – each describes a way of being in and understanding the wor……続きを見る

The Gothic Literature and History of New England surveys the history, nature and future of the Gothic mode in the region, from the witch trials through the Black Lives Matter Movement. Texts include……続きを見る

Monsters in Performance boasts an impressive range of contemporary essays that delve into topical themes such as race, gender, and disability, to explore what constitutes monstrosity within the perf……続きを見る

'A grisly period detective story.' The Times London, 1850: The Dickensian streets grow darker by the day. Private investigator Charles Maddox is surprised when he is approached by Edward Tulkinghorn……続きを見る

Cornwall as Strange Fiction is focused on written and visual culture that is made in, or made about, Cornwall and where there is affinity with Gothic. Cornwall and the Scilly Isles (known as ‘Kernow……続きを見る

This volume analyses the nature of the mime art of Deburau and of the pantomime performances of the Théâtre des Funambules in Paris in the context of Romantic art, literature and socio-political tho……続きを見る

Robinson Crusoe recognizes it is foolish to leave for the open seas; nevertheless, he boards the ship. William Wordsworth of The Prelude sees the immense poetic task ahead of him, but instead of beg……続きを見る

This book focuses on the projection of the hero’s masculinity in a selection of post-millennial popular romance narratives and attempts to discover if, and to what extent, this projection reinforces……続きを見る

Neurasthenia, rail shock, hysteria. In Narrating Trauma, Gretchen Braun traces the nineteenth-century prehistory of those mental and physical responses that we now classify as post-traumatic stress ……続きを見る

Jane Eyre è un’orfanella che, affidata in custodia a una ricca zia che la odia, è costretta a sopportare la solitudine e la crudeltà dei cugini. La sua infanzia difficile rafforza in lei l'indipende……続きを見る

Nella Francia del 1584 la giovane Emily di Saint Aubert si trova ad affrontare una serie di tragiche vicissitudini, tra cui la perdita dei genitori e il matrimonio della zia, sua tutrice, con un ita……続きを見る

Evidence of Things Not Seen: Fantastical Blackness in Genre Fictions is an interdisciplinary study of blackness in genre literature of the Americas. The “fantastical” in fantastical blackness is con……続きを見る

Fortsetzung von »Ungeteerte Straßen - Eine Kindheit in Frankreich« In lyrischer Prosa erzählt Scappini Szenen aus der frühen Jugend und Pubertät des jungen Franzosen Pascal. Ein Leben in den Anfänge……続きを見る