Gothic and modernism : essaying dark literary modernity /
Establishes and interprets the significant presence and the transformations of the Gothic tradition at the dark heart of writing during the long twentieth century. This work reveals challenges to both realism and to optimistic Enlightenment attitudes in the narratives and the styles of writers rangi...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Baltimore :
Johns Hopkins University Press,
2008.
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| Summary: | Establishes and interprets the significant presence and the transformations of the Gothic tradition at the dark heart of writing during the long twentieth century. This work reveals challenges to both realism and to optimistic Enlightenment attitudes in the narratives and the styles of writers ranging from Oscar Wilde to Samuel Beckett. |
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| Physical Description: | viii, 236 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780801888656 0801888654 |