Gothic Renaissance: A reassessment

ISBN 10: 0719088631 / ISBN 13: 9780719088636

Published by Manchester University Press, 2014

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Synopsis:

This collection of essays by experts in Renaissance and Gothic studies tracks the lines of connection between Gothic sensibilities and the discursive network of the Renaissance. The texts covered encompass poetry, epic narratives, ghost stories, prose dialogues, political pamphlets and Shakespeare's texts, read alongside those of other playwrights.

The authors show that the Gothic sensibility addresses subversive fantasies of transgression, be this in regard to gender (troubling stable notions of masculinity and femininity), in regard to social orders (challenging hegemonic, patriarchal or sovereign power), or in regard to disciplinary discourses (dictating what is deemed licit and what illicit or deviant). They relate these issues back to the early modern period as a moment of transition, in which categories of individual, gendered, racial and national identity began to emerge, and connect the religious and the pictorial turn within early modern textual production to a reassessment of Gothic culture.

About the Authors: Elisabeth Bronfen is Professor at the English Department of Zurich University

Beate Neumeier is Professor of English Studies at the University of Cologne

Bibliographic Details

Title: Gothic Renaissance: A reassessment
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Publication Date: 2014
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good