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Gothic Returns in Collins, Dickens, Zola, and Hitchcock /

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Looking at the gothic in Victorian fiction, the development of cinema and Hitchcock's Vertigo , this book explores the contained or repressed desires of both characters and plots which defy direct representation, resulting in obsession, fetishism and displacement engendering a novel account of...

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Main Author: Salotto, Eleanor (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.
Subjects:
Literature.
Cultural and Media Studies, general.
European Literature.
Fiction.
Film History.
Literary History.
Nineteenth-Century Literature.
Culture > Study and teaching.
European literature.
Literature > History and criticism.
Literature, Modern > 19th century.
Motion pictures > History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Looking at the gothic in Victorian fiction, the development of cinema and Hitchcock's Vertigo , this book explores the contained or repressed desires of both characters and plots which defy direct representation, resulting in obsession, fetishism and displacement engendering a novel account of the way in which the gothic becomes internalized.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (IX, 198 pages)
ISBN:9781137117700
DOI:10.1007/978-1-137-11770-0