Download or read book Gothic and Modernism written by John Paul Riquelme and published by . This book was released on 2008-10-10 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Establishes and interprets the significant presence and the transformations of the Gothic tradition at the dark heart of writing during the long twentieth century. This work reveals challenges to both realism and to optimistic Enlightenment attitudes in the narratives and the styles of writers ranging from Oscar Wilde to Samuel Beckett.