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The Gothic Tradition Book

The Gothic Tradition
The Gothic Tradition, Critical introductions to a range of literary topics and genres. The gothic influence on modern writers such as Angela Carter, Iain Banks and Stephen King is vivid and great as is the effect on the world of film and rock music. Part of the function of thi, The Gothic Tradition has a rating of 3.5 stars
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The Gothic Tradition, Critical introductions to a range of literary topics and genres. The gothic influence on modern writers such as Angela Carter, Iain Banks and Stephen King is vivid and great as is the effect on the world of film and rock music. Part of the function of thi, The Gothic Tradition
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  • The Gothic Tradition
  • Written by author David Stevens
  • Published by Cambridge University Press, June 2000
  • Critical introductions to a range of literary topics and genres. The gothic influence on modern writers such as Angela Carter, Iain Banks and Stephen King is vivid and great as is the effect on the world of film and rock music. Part of the function of thi
  • Critical introductions to a range of literary topics and genres.
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Introduction5
1Approaching the gothic tradition8
The historical context8
Gothic influences10
The political context15
The spiritual context18
Gothic literary forms and audiences22
Gothic writers and readers28
The contemporary context31
Contemporary gothic literature32
The gothic cinema36
Gothic music38
Other gothic media38
Gothic dangers39
Gothic Whitby40
2Approaching the texts46
Textual characteristics of the gothic46
Gothic fascination for the past47
The sublime and supernatural in the gothic49
Gothic psychology51
Gothic horror53
Gothic settings54
Gothic style56
3Texts and extracts60
Horace Walpole: from The Castle of Otranto60
William Beckford: from Vathek62
Matthew Lewis: from The Monk64
Ann Radcliffe: from the Italian70
Samuel Taylor Coleridge: from 'Christabel'74
Mary Shelley: from Frankenstein76
Jane Austen: from Northanger Abbey77
John Keats: 'Le Belle Dame sans Merci'81
Edgar Allan Poe: 'The Raven'82
Emily Bronte: from Wuthering Heights86
Robert Louis Stevenson: from Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde87
Bram Stoker: from Dracula90
Susan Hill: from The Woman in Black92
4Critical approaches95
The nature of literary criticism95
Historical survey of critical approaches to the gothic96
Survey of contemporary critical approaches to the gothic100
5How to write about the gothic112
A sense of genre112
An appreciation of purpose114
Insights into audience115
6Resources120
Chronology120
Further reading121
Glossary126
Index127


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