Literature, the Gothic and the reconstruction of history

• Titel: Literature, the Gothic and the reconstruction of history
• Titelzusatz: the past as nightmare
• Mitwirkende: Renshaw, Daniel [HerausgeberIn]
• Mitwirkende: Cocks, Neil [HerausgeberIn]
• Körperschaft: The past as nightmare <Veranstaltung, 2022, Reading> [VerfasserIn]
• Verf.angabe: edited by Daniel Renshaw and Neil Cocks
• Verlagsort: London ; New York
• Verlag: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
• Jahr: 2025
• Umfang: x, 226 Seiten
• Illustrationen: Illustrationen
• Fussnoten: "This collection grew out of the 'Past as nightmare' conference that was held at the University of Reading in September 2022" - Acknowledgements
• ISBN: 978-1-032-73646-4
• ISBN: 978-1-032-73650-1
• Schlagwörter: (s)Englisch / (s)Schauerliteratur / (s)Horrorliteratur / (s)Gothic novel / (s)Vergangenheit <Motiv>
• Dokumenttyp: Konferenzschrift: (2022 : Reading)
• Sprache: eng
• Bibliogr. Hinweis: Erscheint auch als : Online-Ausgabe: Literature, the Gothic and the reconstruction of history. - Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge,, 2025. - 1 online resource
• Bibliogr. Hinweis: Erscheint auch als : Online-Ausgabe: Renshaw, Daniel: Literature, the Gothic and the Reconstruction of History. - 1st ed.. - Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group, 2025. - 1 online resource (239 pages)
• Sach-SW: Literary criticism
• K10plus-PPN: 1913741532

Abstract

"In the Gothic, nothing stays buried for long. Since its inception in the mid-eighteenth century, the Gothic imagination has been concerned with the pasts of the societies from which it emerged. This collection, featuring contributions from archivists, historians and literary critics, examines how horror fiction and the wider Gothic mode have engaged with the constructed conception of 'history'. From Victorian nightmares of Jurassic jungles to ghost stories on the contemporary stage, the contributors adopt varied and innovative approaches to consider how the Gothic has created, complicated and sometimes subverted historical narratives. In doing so, these works blur the distinctions between the 'historical record' and creative endeavour, undermine linear and sequential understandings of the progress of time and dissolve temporal boundaries. The collection explores a variety of Gothic forms including drama, poetry, prose, illustration, film and folklore; and draws on classic texts such as Wuthering Heights and Dracula, as well as less familiar works, including Reynolds' The Mysteries of London and Baldini's Mal'aria. Literature, the Gothic and the Reconstruction of History will be invaluable to students and scholars interested in the confluences of literary and historical endeavour, the creation and depiction of historical constructs in popular culture, and Gothic horror in its myriad forms"--