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In Darkest London
Jamieson Ridenhour
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Hardcover. Num Pages: 170 pages, 7 black & white halftones, 6 maps. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 414.
During the 19th century, London was a complex, vibrant, and multi-faceted city, the first true metropolis. As such, it contained within it a widely disparate array of worlds and cultures. Representations of London in literature varied just as widely. In the late 1830s, London began appearing as a site of literary terror, and by the end of the century a large proportion of the important Victorian “Gothic revival” novels were set in the city: The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, The Three Impostors, The Beetle, Dracula, and many others. In Darkest ... Read more
During the 19th century, London was a complex, vibrant, and multi-faceted city, the first true metropolis. As such, it contained within it a widely disparate array of worlds and cultures. Representations of London in literature varied just as widely. In the late 1830s, London began appearing as a site of literary terror, and by the end of the century a large proportion of the important Victorian “Gothic revival” novels were set in the city: The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, The Three Impostors, The Beetle, Dracula, and many others. In Darkest ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
170
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Weight
413g
Number of Pages
170
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780810887770
SKU
V9780810887770
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About Jamieson Ridenhour
Jamieson Ridenhour is associate professor of English at the University of Mary. He is the editor of the Valancourt edition of Sheridan Le Fanu’s Carmilla.
Reviews for In Darkest London
Ridenhour ultimately succeeds in evoking a sense of excitement and anticipation about the direction of scholarship on the Victorian Gothic.
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