Gothic Metaphysics: From Alchemy to the Anthropocene

by Jodey Castricano

Rethinks Gothic literature in the time of the Anthropocene.

Gothic Metaphysics is a radical departure from Freudian-centered criticism of Gothic literature. Since its inception in 1764, the Gothic has held space for a worldview that acknowledged a living, even sentient, cosmos. Although it was later deemed "uncanny" and anachronistic by Freud, Jodey Castricano argues that the Gothic can still offer us an alternative vision of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1786837943
• ISBN13: 9781786837943
• Release Date: March 2022
• Publisher: University of Wales Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.6"