num_pages: 220
description: This book accounts for the resurgence of Gothic, and its immense popularity, during the British fin de siècle. In particular, Kelly Hurley explores a key scenario that haunts the the loss of a unified and stable human identity, and the emergence of a chaotic and transformative "abhuman" identity in its place. Gothic is revealed as a highly productive and speculative genre, strongly indebted to nineteenth-century scientific, medical and social theories, including evolutionism, criminal anthropology and degeneration theory.
language: English
title: The Gothic Body: Sexuality, Materialism, and Degeneration at the Fin de Siècle
titlecomplete: The Gothic Body: Sexuality, Materialism, and Degeneration at the Fin de Siècle (Cambridge Studies in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Culture, Series Number 8)
genres: Horror, Literary Criticism, Gothic Horror, Gothic, Philosophy, Theory, Criticism, Nonfiction, Literature, Victorian
ratings_count: 73
series: Cambridge Studies in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Culture
publisher: Cambridge University Press