Shakespearean gothic /:

This book explores the paradox that the Gothic (today's werewolves, vampires, and horror movies) owe their origins (and their legitimacy) to eighteenth-century interpretations of Shakespeare. As Shakespeare was being established as the supreme British writer throughout the century, he was cited...

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Weitere Verfasser: Desmet, Christy, 1954-2018 (HerausgeberIn), Williams, Anne (HerausgeberIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Cardiff : University of Wales Press, 2009.
Schriftenreihe:Gothic literary studies.
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Zusammenfassung:This book explores the paradox that the Gothic (today's werewolves, vampires, and horror movies) owe their origins (and their legitimacy) to eighteenth-century interpretations of Shakespeare. As Shakespeare was being established as the supreme British writer throughout the century, he was cited as justification for early Gothic writers' fascination with the supernatural, their abandoning of literary "decorum," and their fascination with otherness and extremes of every kind.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (286 pages) : illustrations.
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-279) and index.
ISBN:9780708322628
070832262X
9781783163717
1783163712
1299200494
9781299200494

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