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Author Wilt, Judith

Title Ghosts of the Gothic : Austen, Eliot and Lawrence
Published Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2014

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Description 1 online resource (325 pages)
Series Princeton Legacy Library
Princeton legacy library.
Contents Cover -- Part II
Summary In a fascinating study of what, during the last decade, rekindled an avid readership, Judith Wilt proposes a new theory of Gothic fiction that challenges its reputation as merely a formula to be outgrown or a stock of images for the creation of terror. Emphasizing instead its status as an enduring component of the imagination, she establishes the Gothic as the mothering"" form for three other popular genres--detective, historical, and science fiction. Originally published in 1980. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make availa
Notes Cover; Part II
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Austen, Jane, 1775-1817 -- Criticism and interpretation
Eliot, George, 1819-1880 -- Criticism and interpretation
Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert), 1885-1930 -- Criticism and interpretation
SUBJECT Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert), 1885-1930 -- Criticism and interpretation
Eliot, George, 1819-1880 -- Criticism and interpretation
Austen, Jane, 1775-1817 -- Criticism and interpretation
Austen, Jane, 1775-1817 fast
Eliot, George, 1819-1880 fast
Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert), 1885-1930 fast
Subject English fiction -- History and criticism
Gothic revival (Literature) -- Great Britain
Horror tales -- History and criticism
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- General.
LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
English fiction
Gothic revival (Literature)
Horror tales
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Great Britain
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781400857500
1400857503