Literature, the Gothic and the Reconstruction of History

Literature, the Gothic and the Reconstruction of History
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Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Total Pages : 244
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ISBN-10 : 9781040308127
ISBN-13 : 1040308120
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Book Synopsis Literature, the Gothic and the Reconstruction of History by : Daniel Renshaw

Download or read book Literature, the Gothic and the Reconstruction of History written by Daniel Renshaw and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2025-01-31 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.


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