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Watt, James.

Contesting the Gothic : fiction, genre and cultural conflict, 1764-1832 / James Watt. - Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1999. - 1 online resource (x, 205 pages) - Cambridge studies in Romanticism ; 33 . - Cambridge studies in Romanticism ; 33. .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 186-200) and index.

Origins : Horace Walpole and The castle of Otranto -- Loyalist gothic romance -- Gothic 'subversion': German literature, the Minerva Press, Matthew Lewis -- First poetess of romantic fiction: Ann Radcliffe -- Field of romance: Walter Scott, the Waverley novels, the Gothic.

Charting its vicissitudes from Walpole to Scott, James Watt shows the Gothic to have been a heterogeneous body of fiction, characterised at times by antagonistic relations between writers or works. He examines the novels' political import, and looks ahead to the fluctuating critical status of Scott and the Gothic.


English.

ISBN: 0511005180 (electronic bk.) 9780511005183 (electronic bk.) 051103623X (electronic bk. ; Adobe Reader) 9780511036231 (electronic bk. ; Adobe Reader) 0511150113 9780511150111 0511051468 9780511051463 051111723X (electronic bk.) 9780511117237 (electronic bk.) 9780521640992 (hbk.) 0521640997 (hbk.) 9780511484674 (electronic bk.) 0511484674 (electronic bk.) (hardback) 1107116112 9781107116115 1280153571 9781280153570 0511310013 9780511310010

Subjects--Chronological Terms:
1700-1899

Subjects--Topical Terms:
English fiction--History and criticism.--18th century
Horror tales, English--History and criticism.
English fiction--History and criticism.--19th century
Gothic fiction (Literary genre), English--History and criticism.
Gothic revival (Literature)--Great Britain.
Politics and culture--Great Britain.
Literary form--History--18th century.
Literary form--History--19th century.
Romanticism--Great Britain.
Literary form.
Horror tales, English--History and criticism.--18th century
Gothic fiction (Literary genre)--Great Britain.
Horror tales, English--History and criticism.--19th century
Roman anglais--Histoire et critique.--18e siècle
Récits d'horreur anglais--Histoire et critique.--18e siècle
Roman anglais--Histoire et critique.--19e siècle
Roman gothique--Grande-Bretagne.
Politique et culture--Grande-Bretagne.
Romantisme--Grande-Bretagne.
Genres littéraires.
Récits d'horreur anglais--Histoire et critique.--19e siècle
Conflit culturel--Histoire--Grande-Bretagne--18e siècle.
Récits d'horreur anglais--Histoire et critique.
Littérature frénétique--Grande-Bretagne.
Genres littéraires--Histoire--18e siècle.
Genres littéraires--Histoire--19e siècle.
LITERARY CRITICISM--European--English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
English fiction.
Gothic fiction (Literary genre), English.
Gothic revival (Literature)
Horror tales, English.
Literary form.
Politics and culture.
Romanticism.
Gothic novel
Engels.
Gothic novel.
Gothic Revival (letterkunde)
Letterkunde.
Roman anglais--Histoire et critique.--18e siècle
Roman anglais--Histoire et critique.--19e siècle
Littérature d'épouvante anglaise--Histoire et critique.--Grande-Bretagne
Roman gothique--Histoire et critique.
Littérature fantastique--18e siècle.
Gothic novel.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Great Britain.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.

LC Class. No.: PR858.T3 / W38 1999eb

Dewey Class. No.: 823/.0872909/09033