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The Gothic Condition: Terror, History and the Psyche (Gothic Literary Studies)
David Punter
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Description for The Gothic Condition: Terror, History and the Psyche (Gothic Literary Studies)
Hardcover. This is a book of fourteen essays on themes within the Gothic, from the eighteenth century to the present day, by the best-known and most highly reputed current scholar of the Gothic. Series: Gothic Literary Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138. .
This book brings together fourteen of the most ambitious and thought-provoking recent essays by David Punter, who has been writing on the Gothic to academic and general acclaim for over thirty years. Punter addresses developments in Gothic writing and Gothic criticism since the mid-eighteenth century, by isolating and discussing specific themes and scenarios that have remained relevant to literary and philosophical discussion over the decades and centuries, and also by paying close attention to the motifs, figures and recurrences that loom so large in twenty-first-century engagements with the Gothic. This book, while engaging deeply with Gothic history, constantly addresses our ... Read more
This book brings together fourteen of the most ambitious and thought-provoking recent essays by David Punter, who has been writing on the Gothic to academic and general acclaim for over thirty years. Punter addresses developments in Gothic writing and Gothic criticism since the mid-eighteenth century, by isolating and discussing specific themes and scenarios that have remained relevant to literary and philosophical discussion over the decades and centuries, and also by paying close attention to the motifs, figures and recurrences that loom so large in twenty-first-century engagements with the Gothic. This book, while engaging deeply with Gothic history, constantly addresses our ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of Wales Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Series
Gothic Literary Studies
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Wales, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781783168217
SKU
V9781783168217
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