The Emergence of Irish Gothic Fiction : Histories, Origins, Theories /

This study provides a robustly theorised and thoroughly historicised account of the beginnings of Irish gothic fiction, maps the theoretical terrain covered by other critics, and puts forward a new history of the emergence of the genre in Ireland.

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Main Author: Killeen, Jarlath, 1976-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2014]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Zombieland: From Gothic Ireland to Irish Gothic
  • 1. Braindead: Locating the Gothic
  • 2. The Creeping Unknown: Re-Making Meaning in the Gothic Novel
  • 3. Mad Love: The Adventures of Miss Sophia Berkley and the Politics of Consent
  • 4. The Monster Club: Monstrosity, Catholicism and Revising the (1641) Rising
  • 5. Undead: Unmaking Monsters in Longsword
  • Conclusion: Land of the Dead.
  • Introduction: Zombieland: from gothic Ireland to Irish gothic
  • ch. 1. Braindead: locating the gothic
  • ch. 2. The creeping unknown: re-making meaning in the gothic novel
  • ch. 3. Mad love: the adventures of Miss Sophia Berkley and the politics of consent
  • ch. 4. The monster club: monstrosity, catholicism and revising the (1641) rising
  • ch. 5. Undead: unmaking monsters in Longsword
  • Conclusion: land of the dead.