Gothic Death 1740-1914: A Literary History

by Andrew Smith

Book Overview

Gothic death 1740-1914 explores the representations of death and dying in Gothic narratives published between the mid-eighteenth century and the beginning of the First World War. It investigates how eighteenth century Graveyard Poetry and the tradition of the elegy produced a version of death that underpinned ideas about empathy and models of textual composition. Later accounts of melancholy, as in the work of Ann Radcliffe and Mary Shelley, emphasise...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1526131919
• ISBN13: 9781526131911
• Release Date: June 2018
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.4" x 8.5"