God & the Gothic: Religion, Romance and Reality in the English Literary Tradition

by Alison Milbank

God and the Gothic: Romance and Reality in the English Literary Tradition provides a complete reimagining of the Gothic literary canon to examine its engagement with theological ideas, tracing its origins to the apocalyptic critique of the Reformation female martyrs, and to the Dissolution of the monasteries, now seen as usurping authorities. A double gesture of repudiation and regret is evident in the consequent search for political, aesthetic, and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198824467
• ISBN13: 9780198824466
• Release Date: December 2018
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 366 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.2" x 9.3"