The Cambridge History of the Gothic: Volume 1, Gothic in the Long Eighteenth Century

Erscheinungsjahr 2020
ISBN: 978-1-108-47270-8
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 516 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 231 mm, Gewicht: 953 g

Reihe: The Cambridge History of the Gothic

This first volume of The Cambridge History of the Gothic provides a rigorous account of the Gothic in Western civilisation, from the Goths' sacking of Rome in 410 AD through to its manifestations in British and European culture of the long eighteenth century. Written by international cast of leading scholars, the chapters explore the interdisciplinary nature of the Gothic in the fields of history, literature, architecture and fine art. As much a cultural history of Gothic as an account of the ways in which the Gothic has participated within a number of formative historical events across time, the volume offers fresh perspectives on familiar themes while also drawing new critical attention to a range of hitherto overlooked concerns. From writers such as Horace Walpole and Ann Radcliffe to eighteenth-century politics and theatre, the volume provides a thorough and engaging overview of early Gothic culture in Britain and beyond.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wright, Angela

Townshend, Dale

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Architektur Geschichte der Architektur, Baugeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturgeschichte und Literaturkritik

Über Autor(innen)

Townshend, Dale
Dale Townshend is Professor of Gothic Literature in the Manchester Centre for Gothic Studies, Manchester Metropolitan University. He has published widely on Gothic writing of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. His most recent monograph is Gothic Antiquity: History, Romance, and the Architectural Imagination, 1760–1840 (2019).

Wright, Angela
Angela Wright is Professor of Romantic Literature at the University of Sheffield, and a former co-President of the International Gothic Association (IGA). Her books include Britain, France and the Gothic: The Import of Terror, 1764-1820 (Cambridge University Press, 2013), Mary Shelley (University of Wales Press, 2018), and the co-edited volumes Ann Radcliffe, Romanticism and the Gothic (2014, with Dale Townshend) and Romantic Gothic: An Edinburgh Companion (2015, with Dale Townshend).