Frontcover -- 9781615991389_txt -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- PART I -- Creating the Gothic Wanderer -- Chapter I � The Gothic Wanderer�s Origins in the French Revolution -- Chapter II � Paradise Lost and the Legitimacy of...
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Frontcover -- 9781615991389_txt -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- PART I -- Creating the Gothic Wanderer -- Chapter I � The Gothic Wanderer�s Origins in the French Revolution -- Chapter II � Paradise Lost and the Legitimacy of Transgression -- Chapter III � The Wandering Jew -- Chapter IV � The Rosicrucian Gothic Wanderer -- Chapter V � Gambling as Gothic Transgression -- PART II -- Subversive Gothic Wanderers -- Chapter VI � “A Wandering Jewess� -- Chapter VII � The Existential Gothic Wanderer PART III -- From Transgression to RedemptionChapter VIII � Teufelsdrockh as Gothic ... -- Chapter IX � The Gothic Wanderer Redeemed: -- Chapter X � The Gothic Wanderer at Rest: -- Chapter XI -- Modern Interpretations: from Wanderer to Superhero -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author -- backcover.pdf The Gothic Wanderer Rises Eternal in Popular Literature From the horrors of sixteenth century Italian castles to twenty-first century plagues, from the French Revolution to the liberation of Libya, Tyler R. Tichelaar takes readers on far more than a journey through literary history. The Gothic Wanderer is an exploration of man's deepest fears, his efforts to rise above them for the last two centuries, and how he may be on the brink finally of succeeding. Tichelaar examines the figure of the Gothic wanderer in such well-known Gothic novels as The Mysteries of Udolpho, Frankenstein, and Dracula, as well as lesser known works like Fanny Burney's The Wanderer, Mary Shelley's The Last Man, and Edward Bulwer-Lytton's Zanoni. He also finds surprising Gothic elements in classics like Dickens' A Tale of Two Cities and Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan of the Apes. From Matthew Lewis' The Monk to Stephenie Meyer's Twilight, Tichelaar explores a literary tradition whose characters reflect our greatest fears and deepest hopes. Readers will find here the revelation that not only are we all Gothic wanderers--but we are so only by our own choosing
