Gothic Documents A Sourcebook 1700-18 |
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| Editor:
| Clery, E.
Miles, Robert |
| ISBN: | 978-0-7190-4027-6 |
| Publication Date: | May 2000 |
| Publisher: | Manchester University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $23.95 |
Book Description:
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In the 1790s, Britain was struck by a reading revolution, a taste for terror fiction that seemed to know no bounds. How is it that the age of Enlightenment gave rise to the genre of the literary ghost story? "Gothic Documents" seeks to answer this and other questions.
In the 1790s, Britain was struck by a reading revolution, a taste for terror fiction that seemed to know no bounds. How is it that the age of Enlightenment gave rise to the genre of the literary ghost story? "Gothic Documents" seeks to answer this and other questions.