Gothic Realities: The Impact of Horror Fiction on Modern Culture

by L. Andrew Cooper

Eighteenth-century critics believed Gothic fiction would inspire deviant sexuality, instill heretical beliefs, and encourage antisocial violence--this book puts these beliefs to the test. After examining the assumptions behind critics' fears, it considers nineteenth-century concerns about sexual deviance, showing how Frankenstein, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Dorian Gray, and other works helped construct homosexuality as a pathological, dangerous...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786448350
• ISBN13: 9780786448357
• Release Date: July 2010
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher