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Although Gothic writing is now seen as significant for an understanding of modernity, it is still largely characterized as a literature of fear and anxiety. Gothic and the Comic Turn argues that, partly through its desire to be taken seriously, Gothic criticism has neglected the comic doppelganger t...

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Main Authors: Horner, Avril (Author), Zlosnik, Sue (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005.
Subjects:
Literature.
British and Irish Literature.
Cultural Theory.
Fiction.
Literary Theory.
Nineteenth-Century Literature.
British literature.
Culture > Study and teaching.
Literature > Philosophy.
Literature, Modern > 19th century.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Although Gothic writing is now seen as significant for an understanding of modernity, it is still largely characterized as a literature of fear and anxiety. Gothic and the Comic Turn argues that, partly through its desire to be taken seriously, Gothic criticism has neglected the comic doppelganger that has always inhabited the Gothic mode and which in certain texts emerges as dominant. Tracing an historical trajectory from the late Romantic period through to the present day, this book examines how varieties of comic parody and appropriation have interrogated the complexities of modern subjectivity.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (IX, 205 pages)
ISBN:9780230503076
DOI:10.1057/9780230503076