TY - BOOK AU - Watt,James TI - Contesting the Gothic: fiction, genre and cultural conflict, 1764-1832 T2 - Cambridge studies in Romanticism SN - 0511005180 AV - PR858.T3 W38 1999eb U1 - 823/.0872909/09033 21 PY - 1999/// CY - Cambridge, New York PB - Cambridge University Press KW - English fiction KW - 18th century KW - History and criticism KW - Horror tales, English KW - 19th century KW - Gothic fiction (Literary genre), English KW - Gothic revival (Literature) KW - Great Britain KW - Politics and culture KW - Literary form KW - History KW - Romanticism KW - Gothic fiction (Literary genre) KW - Roman anglais KW - 18e siècle KW - Histoire et critique KW - Récits d'horreur anglais KW - 19e siècle KW - Roman gothique KW - Grande-Bretagne KW - Politique et culture KW - Romantisme KW - Genres littéraires KW - Conflit culturel KW - Histoire KW - Littérature frénétique KW - LITERARY CRITICISM KW - European KW - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh KW - bisacsh KW - fast KW - Gothic novel KW - gnd KW - Engels KW - gtt KW - Gothic Revival (letterkunde) KW - Letterkunde KW - ram KW - Littérature d'épouvante anglaise KW - Littérature fantastique KW - swd KW - Electronic books KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc N1 - 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 N2 - 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 UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=55745 ER -