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  1. Shakespearean Gothic
    Published: 2009
    Publisher:  University of Wales Press, Cardiff ; EBSCO Industries, Inc., Birmingham, AL, USA

    This book explores the paradox that the Gothic (today's werewolves, vampires, and horror movies) owe their origins (and their legitimacy) to eighteenth-century interpretations of Shakespeare. As Shakespeare was being established as the supreme... more

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    This book explores the paradox that the Gothic (today's werewolves, vampires, and horror movies) owe their origins (and their legitimacy) to eighteenth-century interpretations of Shakespeare. As Shakespeare was being established as the supreme British writer throughout the century, he was cited as justification for early Gothic writers' fascination with the supernatural, their abandoning of literary "decorum," and their fascination with otherness and extremes of every kind.

     

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    Source: Union catalogues
    Contributor: Williams, Anne
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9780708322628; 070832262X
    RVK Categories: HI 3370
    Series: Gothic Literary Studies
    Subjects: Rezeption; Gothic novel
    Other subjects: Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (300 pages)
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    Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-279) and index

  2. Shakespearean Gothic
    Published: 2009
    Publisher:  University of Wales Press, Cardiff

    Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Amberg-Weiden / Hochschulbibliothek Amberg
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9780708322628; 0708320937
    RVK Categories: HI 3370
    Series: Gothic literary studies
    Subjects: Literature; DRAMA / Shakespeare; LITERARY CRITICISM / Shakespeare; Gothic literature; Gothic novel; Toneelstukken; Drama; Literatur; Gothic literature; Gothic novel; Rezeption
    Other subjects: Shakespeare, William / 1564-1616; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (VIII, 286 Seiten)
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    Acknowledgements; List of Illustrations; List of Contributors; Introduction; Reading Walpole Reading Shakespeare; Ann Radcliffe, 'The Shakespeare of Romance Writers'; The Curse of Shakespeare; Shakespearean Shadows' Parodic Haunting of ThomasLove Peacock's Nightmare Abbey and Jane Austen'sNorthanger Abbey; Fatherly and Daughterly Pursuits:Mary Shelley's Matildaand Shakespeare's King Lear; Into the Madman's Dream: the Gothic Abduction ofRomeo and Juliet; Gothic Cordelias: the Afterlife of King Lear and theConstruction of Femininity; 'We are not safe':History, Fear and the Gothic inRichard III.

    Remembering Ophelia: EllenTerry and theShakespearizing of Dracula'Rites of Memory': the Heart of Kenneth Branagh'sHamlet; Afterword: Shakespearean Gothic; Bibliography; Index

    This book explores the paradox that the Gothic (today's werewolves, vampires, and horror movies) owe their origins (and their legitimacy) to eighteenth-century interpretations of Shakespeare. As Shakespeare was being established as the supreme British writer throughout the century, he was cited as justification for early Gothic writers' fascination with the supernatural, their abandoning of literary "decorum," and their fascination with otherness and extremes of every kind

  3. Shakespearean Gothic
    Published: 2009
    Publisher:  University of Wales Press, Cardiff

    This book explores the paradox that the Gothic (today's werewolves, vampires, and horror movies) owe their origins (and their legitimacy) to eighteenth-century interpretations of Shakespeare. As Shakespeare was being established as the supreme... more

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    Hochschule Aalen, Bibliothek
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    This book explores the paradox that the Gothic (today's werewolves, vampires, and horror movies) owe their origins (and their legitimacy) to eighteenth-century interpretations of Shakespeare. As Shakespeare was being established as the supreme British writer throughout the century, he was cited as justification for early Gothic writers' fascination with the supernatural, their abandoning of literary "decorum," and their fascination with otherness and extremes of every kind

     

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  4. Shakespearean Gothic
    Published: 2009; ©2009
    Publisher:  University of Wales Press, Cardiff

    This book explores the paradox that the Gothic (today's werewolves, vampires, and horror movies) owe their origins (and their legitimacy) to eighteenth-century interpretations of Shakespeare. Intro -- Acknowledgements -- List of Illustrations -- List... more

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    Hochschulbibliothek Friedensau
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    This book explores the paradox that the Gothic (today's werewolves, vampires, and horror movies) owe their origins (and their legitimacy) to eighteenth-century interpretations of Shakespeare. Intro -- Acknowledgements -- List of Illustrations -- List of Contributors -- Introduction -- Reading Walpole Reading Shakespeare -- Ann Radcliffe,'The Shakespeare of Romance Writers' -- The Curse of Shakespeare -- Shakespearean Shadows' Parodic Haunting of ThomasLove Peacock's Nightmare Abbey and Jane Austen'sNorthanger Abbey -- Fatherly and Daughterly Pursuits:Mary Shelley's Matildaand Shakespeare's King Lear -- Into the Madman's Dream: the Gothic Abduction ofRomeo and Juliet -- Gothic Cordelias: the Afterlife of King Lear and theConstruction of Femininity -- 'We are not safe':History, Fear and the Gothic inRichard III -- Remembering Ophelia: EllenTerry and theShakespearizing of Dracula -- 'Rites of Memory': the Heart of Kenneth Branagh'sHamlet -- Afterword: Shakespearean Gothic -- Bibliography -- Index.

     

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    Source: Union catalogues
    Contributor: Williams, Anne (MitwirkendeR)
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9780708322628
    Edition: 1st ed.
    Series: Gothic Literary Studies
    Subjects: Shakespeare, William, -- 1564-1616; Electronic books
    Scope: 1 online resource (300 pages)
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