| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 352 pages) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-340) and index. |
| Contents |
I. Boundaries of the self as a Gothic theme: Introduction: The genre, the canon, and the myth ; 1. Self-defense in the Gothic tradition : Radcliffe, Brockden Brown, Henry James ; 2. The mystery of knowledge : Frankenstein, Melmoth, Pierre ; 3. "Deadly iteration" : Hawthorne's Gothic vision ; 4. Boundaries of the self as romantic theme : Emily Brontë -- II. Boundaries of the self in women's Gothic: 5. Speaking "I" and the Gothic nightmare : boundaries of the self as a woman's theme; 6. Gothic romance and women's reality in Jane Eyre ; 7. Villette : demystifying women's Gothic. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Summary |
DeLamotte's book begins from the premise that the major conventions of the Gothic romance involve boundaries or barriers, which the Gothicist uses to play simultaneously on the fear of separateness and the fear of unity with some alien Other. She explores this question in the works of English and American writers, including Henry James, Mary Shelley, Herman Melville, Hawthorne, Emily Bronte, and Charlotte Bronte. |
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Brontë, Charlotte, 1816-1855 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Brontë, Charlotte, 1816-1855.
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Brontë, Charlotte, 1816-1855. (OCoLC)fst00035263
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English fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
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Gothic revival (Literature)
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Feminism and literature -- History -- 19th century.
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Women and literature -- History -- 19th century.
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American fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
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Horror tales -- History and criticism.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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American fiction. (OCoLC)fst00807048
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English fiction. (OCoLC)fst00910817
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Feminism and literature. (OCoLC)fst00922735
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Gothic revival (Literature) (OCoLC)fst00945084
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Horror tales. (OCoLC)fst00960387
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Women and literature. (OCoLC)fst01177093
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| Chronological Term |
1800 - 1899
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| Indexed Term |
English fiction Gothic novels |
| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc. (OCoLC)fst01411635
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Electronic books.
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History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| Other Form: |
Print version: DeLamotte, Eugenia C. Perils of the night. New York : Oxford University Press, 1990 (DLC) 88030489 |
| ISBN |
1423736397 (electronic bk.) |
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9781423736394 (electronic bk.) |
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