Gothic documents : a sourcebook, 1700-1820 /

Gothic documents : a sourcebook, 1700-1820 / edited by E. J. Clery and Robert Miles. - Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2000. - ix, 306p. ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (p. 298-302) and index.

In the 1790s, Britain was struck by a reading revolution, a taste for terror fiction. How is it that the age of Enlightenment gave rise to the genre of the literary ghost story? This book seeks to answer this and other questions.

9780719040276 £14.99


Horror tales, English.
Gothic revival (Literature)
Gothic revival (Literature)--History and criticism
Horror tales, English--History and criticism
English literature--18th century
English literature--History and criticism--18th century
Literature.
Literature: history & criticism
Literary studies: general
Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers
United Kingdom, Great Britain
English
18th century, c 1700 to c 1799
19th century, c 1800 to c 1899
Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900