Gothic Documents: A Sourcebook, 1700-1820Research Fellow in English Emma Clery, E. J. Clery, Robert Miles Manchester University Press, 2000 - 306页 In the 1790s, while across the Channel a political revolution raged, Britain was struck by a reading revolution, a taste for terror fiction that seemed to know no bounds. Ann Radcliffe and Monk Lewis were only the most celebrated of a host of writers purveying a new brand of Gothic literature. How is it that the age of Enlightenment gave rise to the genre of the literary ghost story? What did the term Gothic mean, when Horace Walpole used it in the subtitle of his experimental novel The Castle of Ontranto? How did a type of writing which broke all the rules of literary composition current at the time, gradually gain critical acceptance? What connections can be made between the aesthetic of terror and the terror of the French Revolution? What happened to Gothic after the decline of its popularity, during a period of political reaction? |
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With great reason , therefore , it was asserted , that the western bards had
advantage over Homer in the superstitions of their country . The religious
ceremonies of Greece were more pompous than solemn ; and seemed as much
a part of their ...
With great reason , therefore , it was asserted , that the western bards had
advantage over Homer in the superstitions of their country . The religious
ceremonies of Greece were more pompous than solemn ; and seemed as much
a part of their ...
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The overt reason for the double standard was that since dramatic fictions are
visible , the inclusion of imaginary beings would represent an added affront to
reason . Another unspoken reason might lie in the difference between public and
...
The overt reason for the double standard was that since dramatic fictions are
visible , the inclusion of imaginary beings would represent an added affront to
reason . Another unspoken reason might lie in the difference between public and
...
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... could readily exculpate yourself by turning the charge on Nature , who made
our idea of beauty independent of reason ... fair creatures , never designed that
they would exercise their reason to acquire the virtues that produce opposite , if
not ...
... could readily exculpate yourself by turning the charge on Nature , who made
our idea of beauty independent of reason ... fair creatures , never designed that
they would exercise their reason to acquire the virtues that produce opposite , if
not ...
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the Laws trans 1750 | 61 |
imagination originality terror | 99 |
7c William Duff An Essay on Original Genius 1767 | 124 |
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书目信息
| 名称 | Gothic Documents: A Sourcebook, 1700-1820 Gothic Documents: A Sourcebook, 1700-1820, Robert Miles |
| 编者 | Research Fellow in English Emma Clery, E. J. Clery, Robert Miles |
| 版本 | 再版 |
| 出版商 | Manchester University Press, 2000 |
| ISBN | 0719040264, 9780719040269 |
| 页数 | 306页 |
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