The Gothic Tradition

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Cambridge Contexts in Literature

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Paperback Published: 11th September 2000
ISBN: 9780521777322
Number Of Pages: 128
For Ages: 16+ years old

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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 this book is to offer some guidance: not in terms of a fixed or definitive set of Gothic characteristics, but rather in giving a framework for questions and explorations.

Introduction	p. 5
Approaching the gothic tradition	p. 8
The historical context	p. 8
Gothic influences	p. 10
The political context	p. 15
The spiritual context	p. 18
Gothic literary forms and audiences	p. 22
Gothic writers and readers	p. 28
The contemporary context	p. 31
Contemporary gothic literature	p. 32
The gothic cinema	p. 36
Gothic music	p. 38
Other gothic media	p. 38
Gothic dangers	p. 39
Gothic Whitby	p. 40
Assignments	p. 43
Approaching the texts	p. 46
Textual characteristics of the gothic	p. 46
Gothic fascination for the past	p. 47
The sublime and supernatural in the gothic	p. 49
Gothic psychology	p. 51
Gothic horror	p. 53
Gothic settings	p. 54
Gothic style	p. 56
Assignments	p. 58
Texts and extracts	p. 60
from The Castle of Otranto	p. 60
from Vathek	p. 62
from The Monk	p. 64
from The Italian	p. 70
from 'Christabel'	p. 74
from Frankenstein	p. 76
from Northanger Abbey	p. 77
'La Belle Dame sans Merci'	p. 81
'The Raven'	p. 82
from Wuthering Heights	p. 86
from Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde	p. 87
from Dracula	p. 90
from The Woman in Black	p. 92
Critical approaches	p. 95
The nature of literary criticism	p. 95
Historical survey of critical approaches to the gothic	p. 96
Survey of contemporary critical approaches to the gothic	p. 100
Assignments	p. 110
How to write about the gothic	p. 112
A sense of genre	p. 112
An appreciation of purpose	p. 114
Insights into audience	p. 115
Assignments	p. 117
Resources	p. 120
Chronology	p. 120
Further reading	p. 121
Glossary	p. 126
Index	p. 127
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ISBN: 9780521777322
ISBN-10: 0521777321
Series: Cambridge Contexts in Literature
Audience: Primary / High School
For Ages: 16+ years old
For Grades: 11+
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Number Of Pages: 128
Published: 11th September 2000
Publisher: CAMBRIDGE UNIV PR
Country of Publication: GB
Dimensions (cm): 23.11 x 15.34 x 0.64
Weight (kg): 0.22