Umfang:
V, 257 S.
ISBN:
0773470166
Serie:
Studies in British literature 69
Inhalt:
Machine generated contents note: Introduction 1 --1. The Gothic Formula and the Critics -- I. The Formula 7 -- II. The Gothic and the Romantic 11 -- III. The Female Gothic 14 -- IV. Gothic as 'Political' Anxiety 20 -- V. Definition or Division? 23 --2. Romance, Fantasy and Horror: -- Generic Influences on Gothic Male Stereotypes -- I. Romance 29 -- II. Fantasy 37 -- i. Fairy Tale 38 -- ii. Fantasy 41 -- iii. Effect of Fantasy on Narrative Structure 45 -- III. Horror 48 --3. The Ideal Man 55 -- 4. The Hero: Concierge or Builder? -- I. The Figure of the Hero 77 -- II. The Gothic Hero -- i. The Typical Gothic Hero 86 -- ii. Motifs Associated with the Hero 96 -- iii. The Subverted Hero 100 -- III. The Hero-Villain 107 --5. The Absent Father 113 -- 6. Gothic Villains -- I. How to Recognize A Villain 145 -- II. 'Grand' and 'Simple' Villains 151 -- i. The Grand Villain 152 -- ii. The Simple Villain 153 -- iii. Society 158 -- iv. Subjective Reader: Objective Villain 160 -- III. The Feminine Villain -- i. The Young Villain 167 -- ii. The Wicked Monk 168 -- IV. The Female Villain 172 -- V. The End of the Villain 177 --7. The Victim 179 -- 8. A Miscellany of Men 195 -- I. Bandits and Brigands 197 -- II. Servants 204 -- III. Demons and Spectres 223
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Literaturverz. S. [241] - 254
Sprache:
Englisch
Fachgebiete:
Anglistik
Schlagwort(e):
Gothic novel
;
Geschichte 1762-1820
;
Mann
;
Gothic novel
;
Geschichte 1762-1820
;
Held
;
Schurke
;
Gothic novel
;
Geschichte 1762-1820
;
Englisch
;
Gothic novel
;
Romangestalt
;
Mann
;
Geschichte 1762-1820
;
Englisch
;
Gothic novel
;
Mann
;
Geschichte 1762-1820
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