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Taxidermy and the gothic : the horror of still life /

Taxidermy and the Gothic: The Horror of Still Life is the first extended study of the Gothic’s collusion with taxidermy. It tells the story of the emergence in the long nineteenth century of the twin golden ages of the Gothic genre and the practice of taxidermy, and their shared rhetorical and narra...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Effinger, Elizabeth (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	London ; New York : Anthem Press, [2024].
Subjects:	Gothic literature > History and criticism. Gothic fiction (Literary genre) Taxidermy. Taxidermy in art.

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