TiN - Gothic & Romantic 1

The poetry of Robert Browning (1812–89) makes unmistakable use of the tropes of the eighteenth-century Gothic novel, but only in the last few years has there been any interest in the poet’s wider re……続きを見る

This book presents a close reading of four texts by Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio, guided by Gilles Deleuze’s concept of metamorphosis, «becoming-animal». In his critique of anthropocentrism and West……続きを見る

Open Secrets examines the popular genre fiction produced by leading figures within Britain's occult revival from the 1840s to the 1930s, including Edward Bulwer Lytton, Emma Hardinge Britten, Marie ……続きを見る

"The Palace of Darkened Windows" is a gripping and atmospheric novel penned by means of American creator Mary Hastings Bradley. This work transports readers into the interesting global of early 20th……続きを見る

For most of the eighteenth century, automata were deemed a celebration of human ingenuity, feats of science and reason. Among the Romantics, however, they prompted a contradictory apprehension about……続きを見る

Edgar Allan Poe notoriously identified “the death . . . of a beautiful woman” as “the most poetical topic in the world.” Despite this cringeworthy claim, it is widely known that Poe drew creative in……続きを見る

Drawing on an ethnographic study of novel readers in Denmark and the UK during the Covid-19 pandemic, this book provides a snapshot of a phenomenal moment in modern history. The ethnographic approac……続きを見る

Un viaggio dal castello di Otranto all'orrida cittadina di Innsmouth, passando per l'inferno e i Carpazi. In compagnia del dottor Frankenstein, Carmilla, Mr. Hyde, Dracula, di Ann Radcliffe, Matthew……続きを見る

Satirizing Modernism examines 20th-century novels that satirize avant-garde artists and authors while also using experimental techniques associated with literary modernism. These novels-such as Wynd……続きを見る

An innovative collection of essays examining the sometimes paradoxical alignment of Realism and Naturalism with the Gothic in American literature to highlight their shared qualities Following the go……続きを見る

Most frequently regarded as a writer of the supernatural, Poe was actually among the most versatile of American authors, writing social satire, comic hoaxes, mystery stories, science fiction, prose ……続きを見る

Many readers declare the tale of Heathcliff and Catherine to be a great love story. And yet both are dead by the end of the novel, while true love is enjoyed by other, often forgotten characters. In……続きを見る

L'auteur plonge dans la magie de l'épopée de Guts, qui a fait frémir un grand nombre de lecteurs par sa profondeur et sa maitrise... Publié à partir de 2004 par Glénat en France, Berserk est un mang……続きを見る

Samuel Johnson’s life was situated within a rich social and intellectual community of friendshipsーand antagonisms. Community and Solitude is a collection of ten essays that explore relationships be……続きを見る

Horror isn’t what it used to be. Nor are its Gothic avatars. The meaning of monsters, vampires and ghosts has changed significantly over the last two hundred years, as have the mechanisms (from fict……続きを見る

A compelling account of the development of gothic literature in late-eighteenth and early-nineteenth century Ireland. 続きを見る

This book brings together an analysis of the theoretical connection of genre, reception, and frame theory and a practical demonstration thereof, using a set of parodies of the first wave of the Goth……続きを見る

The Moving Body and the English Romantic Imaginary explores ways in which England in the Romantic period conceptualized its relation both to its constituent parts within the United Kingdom and to th……続きを見る

British writer of detective stories, mostly featuring the medico-legal forensic investigator Dr. Thorndyke. His first stories were written in collaboration with Dr. John James Pitcairn [1860–1936], ……続きを見る

IAIN BANKS was one of the finest writers of his generation. The Wasp Factory appeared in 1984, to great and gratifying controversy (one reviewer helpfully described it as “a work of unparalleled dep……続きを見る

This interdisciplinary book honors Columbia professor and New York intellectual Carl Woodring. Chapters on Romantic and Victorian literary culture written by leading scholars in the field join in co……続きを見る