The Emergence of Irish Gothic Fiction - Histories, Origins, Theories

by Jarlath Killeen

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This book provides a robustly theorized and thoroughly historicized account of the ‘beginnings' of Irish gothic fiction, maps the theoretical terrain covered by other critics, and puts forward a new history of the emergence of the genre in Ireland. The main argument the book makes is that the Irish gothic should be read in the context of the split in Irish Anglican public opinion that opened in the 1750s, and seen as a fictional instrument of Anglican opinion in a changing political landscape.

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Publisher
Trinity College Dublin
Subjects
Humanities, Literature and Literacy
Licence
CC BY-NC, as LibreTexts states it. Non-commercial use only.
Who can read
Teens profiles and older, judged from its title and subjects

Contents

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  1. Front Matter
  2. TitlePage
  3. InfoPage
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Licensing
  6. Acknowledgements
  7. Introduction - Zombieland: From Gothic Ireland to Irish Gothic
  8. Notes
  9. Part I
  10. Part II
  11. Part III
  12. 1: Braindead - Locating the Gothic
  13. Notes
  14. Part I
  15. Part II
  16. Part III
  17. 2: The Creeping Unknown - Re-Making Meaning in the Gothic Novel
  18. Notes
  19. Part I
  20. Part II
  21. Part III
  22. 3: Mad Love: The Adventures of Miss Sophia Berkley and the Politics of Consent
  23. Notes
  24. Part I
  25. Part II
  26. Part III
  27. Part IV
  28. Part V
  29. 4: The Monster Club: Monstrosity, Catholicism and Revising the (1641) Rising
  30. Notes
  31. Part I
  32. Part II
  33. 5: Undead - Unmaking Monsters in Longsword
  34. Notes
  35. Part I
  36. Part II
  37. Part III
  38. Conclusion: Land of the Dead
  39. Back Matter
  40. Index
  41. Glossary
  42. Detailed Licensing
  43. Bibliography