Gothic Fiction/Gothic Form

by George E. Haggerty

Book Overview

This work offers a new perspective on Gothic fiction and reassesses its place in literary history. After defining his concept of "affective form" and summarizing the problematic assumptions behind recent critical approaches to the Gothic, George Haggerty introduces a startling theoretical discussion of the Gothic Tale, and he explains in what ways the tale, as a form with identifiable affective properties, is ideally suited to Gothic concerns. Having...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0271006455
• ISBN13: 9780271006451
• Release Date: October 1990
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"