Title: Gothic writing, 1750-1820
First published: 1993
Description: Gothic writing has enjoyed a revival in recent years and many lesser-known titles have been republished. Traditional approaches analysed the Gothic in terms of escapist fantasy or as an unconscious reaction against the Enlightenment. In this provocative and timely study Robert Miles challenges this view and argues that the could read Gothic texts as self-conscious interventions. Drawing extensively on the ideas of Michel Foucault he situates Gothic writing within the discursive tensions of the period and by looking not just at novels, but Gothic poems and dramas he effectively takes the Gothic from the periphery of 'popular fiction', replacing it at the centre or debate about Romanticism.
Subjects: Discourse analysis, Literary, English Horror tales, English literature, Gothic revival (Literature), History and criticism, Horror tales, English, Literary Discourse analysis, English literature, history and criticism, 18th century, English literature, history and criticism, 19th century, Discourse analysis, Horror tales, history and criticism
Places: Great Britain
Time periods: 18th century, 19th century