Riquelme, John Paul

Gothic and Modernism

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ISBN 13:
9780801888656
author:
Riquelme, John Paul
format:
Paperback
publisher:
The Johns Hopkins University Press
language:
English
Publication Year:
2008
Pages:
248
Dimensions:
152mm X 229mm
Genre:
Literary Theory
Condition:
New
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£28.29

Description

Gothic and Modernism: Essaying Dark Literary Modernity explores the significant presence of the Gothic tradition in modern literature. This collection of essays, introduced by John Paul Riquelme, examines how writers such as Oscar Wilde, Virginia Woolf, Samuel Beckett, Octavia Butler, and Bret Easton Ellis challenged traditional notions of realism and Enlightenment attitudes. The essays reveal the transformations of the Gothic tradition at the heart of writing during the twentieth century, extending its chronological and conceptual boundaries. They also explore the aestheticizing of the Gothic, its parodic tendencies, and its relation to language, literary form, and time. This wide-ranging collection offers an overview of Gothic writing's persistent influence on modern works. Through compelling readings of a range of modern texts, including detective fiction, science fiction, and popular dark writing, this book provides insight into the relationship between Gothic traditions and literary modernism.

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