| Description |
1 online resource (vii, 222 pages) |
| Contents |
Patriarchal narratives in the work of Horace Walpole, Clara Reeve, and Sophia Lee -- The aesthetic of the sublime in the work of Matthew Lewis, Charlotte Dacre and Charles Maturin -- Rethinking the sublime in the novels of Ann Radcliffe -- From the sublime to the uncanny : Godwin and Wollstonecraft -- Uncanny monsters in the work of Mary Shelley, John Polidori, and James Malcolm Rymer -- Uncanny sensibility in the Brontes͡ -- The "unhomely" nation of Gothic narratives : Charlotte Smith, Charles Brockden Brown, and Matthew Lewis -- Feminist, postmodern, postcolonial: Margaret Atwood and Ann-Marie Macdonald respond to the Gothic -- Coda : criticism of the Gothic |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-209) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
English fiction -- Women authors -- History and criticism.
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English fiction -- 18th century -- History and criticism.
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English fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
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Feminism and literature -- Great Britain.
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Gothic revival (Literature) -- Great Britain.
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Horror tales, English -- History and criticism.
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Patriarchy in literature.
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Sex role in literature.
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Women and literature -- Great Britain.
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Wiley InterScience (Online service)
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| ISBN |
0470775696 |
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0631200495 (hardcover ; alk. paper) |
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0631200509 (paperback; alk. paper) |
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1405142898 |
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9780470775691 |
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9780631200499 (hardcover ; alk. paper) |
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9780631200505 (paperback; alk. paper) |
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9781405142892 |
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