Literature, the Gothic and the Reconstruction of History - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 103273650X ISBN 13 : 9781032736501

Editeur : Routledge, 2026

Synopsis

In the Gothic, nothing stays buried for long. Since its inception in the mid-eighteenth century, the Gothic imagination has been concerned with the pasts of the societies from which it emerged. This collection, featuring contributions from archivists, historians and literary critics, examines how horror fiction and the wider Gothic mode have engaged with the constructed conception of "history".

From Victorian nightmares of Jurassic jungles to ghost stories on the contemporary stage, the contributors adopt varied and innovative approaches to consider how the Gothic has created, complicated and sometimes subverted historical narratives. In doing so, these works blur the distinctions between the "historical record" and creative endeavour, undermine linear and sequential understandings of the progress of time and dissolve temporal boundaries. The collection explores a variety of Gothic forms including drama, poetry, prose, illustration, film and folklore, and it draws on classic texts such as Wuthering Heights and Dracula, as well as less familiar works, including Reynolds’ The Mysteries of London and Baldini’s Mal’aria.

Literature, the Gothic and the Reconstruction of History will be invaluable to students and scholars interested in the confluences of literary and historical endeavour, the creation and depiction of historical constructs in popular culture, and Gothic horror in its myriad forms.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Daniel Renshaw is Lecturer in Modern History in the Department of History at the University of Reading, UK. His research focuses on migration, diaspora, prejudice and identity in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

Neil Cocks is Associate Professor in the Department of English Literature at the University of Reading, UK. He has published widely on subjects as diverse as Victorian literature, children’s literature, Ayn Rand, critical university studies, film theory and the Gothic.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Routledge
• Date d'édition: 2026
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 103273650X
• ISBN 13: 9781032736501
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 238
• Éditeur: Renshaw Daniel, Cocks Neil
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