Shakespearean Gothic
This book explores the paradox that the Gothic (today's werewolves, vampires, and horror movies) owe their origins (and their legitimacy) to eighteenth-century interpretations of Shakespeare. As Shakespeare was being established as the supreme British writer throughout the century, he was cited as justification for early Gothic writers' fascination with the supernatural, their abandoning of literary decorum, and their fascination with otherness and extremes of every kind. This book addresses the gap for an up to date analysis of Shakespeare's relation to the Gothic. An authority on the Gothic, E.J. Clery, has stated that It would be impossibl…
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Weitere Autoren: Williams, Anne (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-1-78316-371-7
- EAN: 9781783163717
- Produktnummer: 20529610
- Verlag: University of Wales Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2009
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 6'073 KB
- Auflage: 1. Auflage
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