"Gothic literature imagines the return of ghosts from the past. What about the classical past? Spectres of Antiquity is the first full-length study describing the relationship between Greek and Roman culture and the Gothic novels, poetry, and drama of the eighteenth and early nineteenth century...

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1. Verfasser:	Uden, James ca. 20./21. Jh (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Buch
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	New York, NY Oxford University Press 2020
Schlagworte:	Geschichte 1740-1830 Gespenst Schauerliteratur Englisch Rezeption Latein Griechisch Literatur Gothic fiction (Literary genre), English / History and criticism English literature / 18th century / History and criticism English literature / 19th century / History and criticism English literature / Classical influences English literature Gothic fiction (Literary genre), English 1700-1899 Criticism, interpretation, etc
Zusammenfassung:	"Gothic literature imagines the return of ghosts from the past. What about the classical past? Spectres of Antiquity is the first full-length study describing the relationship between Greek and Roman culture and the Gothic novels, poetry, and drama of the eighteenth and early nineteenth century. Rather than simply representing the opposite of classical aesthetics and ideas, the Gothic emerged from an awareness of the lingering power of antiquity, and it irreverently fractures and deconstructs classical images and ideas. The Gothic also reflects a new vision of the ancient world: no longer inspiring modernity through its examples, antiquity has become a ghost, haunting and oppressing contemporary minds rather than guiding them. Through readings of canonical works by authors including Horace Walpole, Ann Radcliffe, Matthew Lewis, and Mary Shelley, Spectres of Antiquity argues that these authors' ghostly plots and ideas preserve the remembered traces of Greece and Rome. It provides evidence for many allusions to ancient texts that have never previously been noted in scholarship, and offers an accessible guide both to the history of the Gothic genre and to the ancient texts to which it responds. In fascinating and compelling detail, Spectres of Antiquity rewrites the history of the Gothic, demonstrating that the genre was haunted by a far deeper sense of history than we had previously assumed"--
Beschreibung:	ix, 267 Seiten Illustrationen 25 cm
ISBN:	9780190910273