Servants and the Gothic, 1764-1831 (eBook)

A half-told tale

Kathleen Hudson (Autor)

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2018
256 Seiten
University of Wales Press (Verlag)
978-1-78683-340-2 (ISBN)

Infos

This volume examines a selection of the most complex and important servant characters and servant narratives in early Gothic literature. It defines servant narratives as a Gothic ‘performance’, and examines such servants’ impact on literary, social and personal identity.

Autor

This work is appropriate for students and academics with an interest in narrative theory, Gothic literature, and eighteenth and nineteenth century fiction, culture, and literary practice. While addressing a relatively specific area of critical inquiry, this work would be useful for a number of university courses and research tracks focused on the Gothic, Romanticism, and eighteenth and nineteenth century literature. This work should also appeal to non-academics with an interest in Gothic studies more generally.

Inhalt

Introduction: Domestic invasion: A portrait of the Gothic servant narrator
Chapter One: Servant narrative and ‘new romance’
Chapter Two: Gothic Servants and socio-political identity
Chapter Three: Gothic spectacle and the ‘performing’ servant
Chapter Four: Redefining Gothic servants
Conclusion Mastering the Gothic servant narrative
Notes
Bibliography

Produkt-Details

• Reihe/Serie: Gothic Literary Studies
• Reihe/Serie: Gothic Literary Studies
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 140 x 140 mm
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Essays / Feuilleton
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
• Schlagworte: 1764 • 1831 • Gothic • Half • servants • Tale • Told
• ISBN-10: 1-78683-340-9 / 1786833409
• ISBN-13: 978-1-78683-340-2 / 9781786833402