Cornish Gothic

by Joan Passey

A literary history of Cornwall in the Victorian imagination.

What comes to mind when we think of Cornwall? Wild coastlines, golden beaches, sooty miners, and Cornish pasties, perhaps. In the nineteenth century, however, it was considered a frightening and threatening space. This book details the "discovery" of Cornwall in the popular imagination as the Victorians expanded the rail network and how Cornwall was seen as both a foreign...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1786839911
• ISBN13: 9781786839916
• Release Date: August 2023
• Publisher: University of Wales Press
• Length: 256 Pages