Съдържание: The Gothic Body

Електронен

The popularity of the Gothic in the British fin de siecle, and its links with scientific and social theories.

Основен автор:	Hurley, Kelly.
Формат:	Електронен
Език:	English
Публикувано:	Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1996.
Серия:	Cambridge studies in nineteenth-century literature and culture.
Предмети:	1800-1899 English fiction > 19th century > History and criticism. Gothic revival (Literature) > Great Britain > History > 19th century. Literature and society > Great Britain > History > 19th century. Literature and science > Great Britain > History > 19th century. Horror tales, English > History and criticism. Degeneration in literature. Human body in literature. Materialism in literature. Sex in literature. ENGLISH FICTION. Gothic revival (Literature) Horror tales, English. Literature and science. Literature and society. Great Britain. Electronic books. Criticism, interpretation, etc. History.
Онлайн достъп:	http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=675646
Подобни документи:	Print version:: Gothic Body : Sexuality, Materialism, and Degeneration at the Fin de Siecle.

Съдържание:

Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Detication; Contents; Acknowledgments; INTRODUCTION; The abhuman; Metaphysical estrangement; PART I: THE GOTHIC MATERIAL WORLD; 1 The revenge of matter; 2 Symptomatic readings; PART II GOTHIC BODIES; 3 Evolutionism and the loss of human specificity; 4 Entropic bodies; 4.1 Degenerate sub-species; 4.2 Abjecting whiteness: H.G. Wells' The Time Machine; 5 Chaotic bodies; 5.1 The body as palimpsest; 5.2 ""Generalized animalism"": Wells' The Island of Dr. Moreau; PART III: GOTHIC SEXUALITIES; 6 Uncanny female interiors.
6.1 ""The inner chambers of all nameless sin"": Richard Marsh's The Beetle7 Abjected masculinities; AFTERWORD; 8 Narrative chaos; 8.1 The Three Imposters: Arthur Machen's urban chaosmos; Notes; Works cited; Index.