The gothic novel in Ireland, c. 1760-1829 offers a compelling account of the development of gothic literature in late-eighteenth and early-nineteenth century Ireland. Countering traditional scholarly views of the 'rise' of 'the gothic novel' on the one hand, and, on the other, Irish Romantic literature, this study persuasively re-integrates a body of now overlooked works into the history of the literary gothic as it emerged across Ireland, Britain, and Europe between 1760 and 1829. Its twinned quantitative and qualitative analysis of neglected Irish texts produces a new formal, generic, and ideological map of gothic literary production in this period, persuasively positioning Irish works and authors at the centre of a new critical paradigm with which to understand both Irish Romantic and gothic literary production.
| ISBN: | 9780719099175 |
| Publication date: | 11th May 2018 |
| Author: | Christina Morin |
| Publisher: | Manchester University Press |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 248 pages |
| Genres: |
Literary studies: c 1400 to c 1600 Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900 Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers Literary studies: general Literature: history and criticism |