Writing the past, writing the future : time and narrative in gothic and sensation fiction /

This book links popular British fiction from the 1790s through the 1860s to anxieties about time. The cataclysm of the French Revolution, discoveries in geology, biology, and astronomy that greatly expanded the age and size of the universe, and technological developments such as the railway and the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Albright, Richard S., 1951-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bethlehem [Pa.] : Lehigh University Press, ©2009.
Temas:
Geschichte 1790- 1860.
Gothic fiction (Literary genre), English > History and criticism.
Time in literature.
Narration (Rhetoric) > History.
Sensationalism in literature.
Temps dans la littérature.
Narration > Histoire.
Sensationnalisme dans la littérature.
Gothic fiction (Literary genre), English
Narration (Rhetoric)
Sensationalism in literature
Time in literature
Schauerroman
Sensationsroman
Zeit > Motiv
Erzähltechnik
Großbritannien
Englisch.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:This book links popular British fiction from the 1790s through the 1860s to anxieties about time. The cataclysm of the French Revolution, discoveries in geology, biology, and astronomy that greatly expanded the age and size of the universe, and technological developments such as the railway and the telegraph combined to transform the experience of time and dramatize its aporetic nature--time as inarticulable contradiction.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (265 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 252-261) and index.

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