Publisher:
University of Wales Press, Cardiff
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ProQuest, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Welsh Gothic, the first study of its kind, introduces readers to the array of Welsh Gothic literature published from 1780 to the present day. Informed by postcolonial and psychoanalytic theory, it argues that many of the fears encoded in Welsh Gothic...
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Welsh Gothic, the first study of its kind, introduces readers to the array of Welsh Gothic literature published from 1780 to the present day. Informed by postcolonial and psychoanalytic theory, it argues that many of the fears encoded in Welsh Gothic writing are specific to the history of Welsh people, telling us much about the changing ways in which Welsh people have historically seen themselves and been perceived by others. The first part of the book explores Welsh Gothic writing from its beginnings in the last decades of the eighteenth century to 1997. The second part focuses on figures specific to the Welsh Gothic genre who enter literature from folk lore and local superstition, such as the sin-eater, cwn Annwn (hellhounds), dark druids and Welsh witches.
Pt. I. Haunted by history -- pt. II. "Things that go bump in the Celtic twilight."
Welsh Gothic
Published:
2013
Publisher:
University of Wales Press, Cardiff
Annotation Welsh Gothic introduces readers to the array of Welsh Gothic literature published from 1780 to the present day. Calling on postcolonial and psychoanalytic theory, Jane Aaron argues that many of the fears encoded in Welsh Gothic writing are...
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Annotation Welsh Gothic introduces readers to the array of Welsh Gothic literature published from 1780 to the present day. Calling on postcolonial and psychoanalytic theory, Jane Aaron argues that many of the fears encoded in Welsh Gothic writing are specific to the history of Welsh and reveal much about the varying ways in which the Welsh people have been perceived and viewed themselves throughout history. The first part of the book explores Welsh Gothic writing from its beginnings in the last decades of the eighteenth century to 1997. The second part focuses on the figures specific to the Welsh Gothic genre who have entered literature from folklore and local superstition, such as the sin-eater, hellhounds, dark druids, and Welsh witches pt. I. Haunted by history -- pt. II. "Things that go bump in the Celtic twilight."
Drawing upon both Welsh- and English-language materials, Welsh Gothic explores the diverse ways in which Wales has been represented in Gothic literature from the late eighteenth century to the present day. Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Prologue: 'A...
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Drawing upon both Welsh- and English-language materials, Welsh Gothic explores the diverse ways in which Wales has been represented in Gothic literature from the late eighteenth century to the present day. Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Prologue: 'A Long Terror' -- PART I: HAUNTED BY HISTORY -- Cambria Gothica (1780s-1820s) -- An Underworld of One's Own (1830s-1900s) -- Haunted Communities (1900s-1940s) -- Land of the Living Dead (1940s-1997) -- PART II: 'THINGS THAT GO BUMPIN THE CELTIC TWILIGHT' -- Witches, Druids and the Hounds of Annwn -- The Sin-eater -- Epilogue: Post-devolution Gothic -- Notes -- Select Bibliography -- Index.
