Inventing the Gothic Corpse The Thrill of Human Remains in the Eighteenth-Century Novel /
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| Riassunto: | XII, 265 p. text |
| Lingua: | inglese |
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Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,
2018.
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| Edizione: | 1st ed. 2018. |
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| Accesso online: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-76484-9 |
| Natura: | Elettronico Libro |
Sommario:
- 1. Introduction: The Novel, the Corpse, and the Eighteenth-Century Marketplace
- 2. Spectacles for Sale: Reframing the Didactic Corpse in Behn and Defoe
- 3. Fictional Corpses at Mid-Century: Richardson, Fielding, and the Trouble with Hamlet
- 4. Death, Delicacy and the Novel: The Corpse in Women's Gothic Fiction
- 5. Shamelessly Gothic: Enjoying the Corpse in The Monk and Zofloya
- 6. Conclusion: Remains to Be Seen.