Buchdetails
Format
E-Book
Seiten
300
Sprache
Englisch
Veröffentlicht
May 10, 2014
Verlag
University of Wales Press
ISBN-10
1299200494
ISBN-13
9781299200494
Beschreibung
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.
Genres
Geschichte
Horror
Humor