The shape of fear : horror and the fin de siecle culture of decadence /

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During the last decades of the nineteenth century, Charles Darwin, Thomas Henry Huxley, Walter Pater and others changed the nature of thought concerning the human body and the physical environment that had shaped it. In response, the 1890s saw the publication of a series of remarkable literary works...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Navarette, Susan J., 1960- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, 1998.
Temas:
Conrad, Joseph, > 1857-1924. > Heart of darkness.
James, Henry, > 1843-1916. > Turn of the screw.
Heart of darkness (Conrad, Joseph)
Turn of the screw (James, Henry)
1800-1899
English fiction > 19th century > History and criticism.
Horror tales, English > History and criticism.
Literature and science > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Decadence (Literary movement) > England.
Roman anglais > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Récits d'horreur anglais > Histoire et critique.
Littérature et sciences > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Décadentisme > Angleterre.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Decadence (Literary movement)
English fiction.
Horror tales, English.
Literature and science.
England.
Great Britain.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part 1; 1 Rictus Invictus; 2 Walter de la Mare's ""A: B: 0."": The Text for the Context; 3 Unsealing Sense in Henry James's The Turn of the Screw; 4 Articulating the Dead: Vernon Lee, Decadence, and ""The Doll""; Part 2; 5 The Word Made flesh: Protoplasmic Predications in Arthur Machen's ""The Great God Pan""; 6 The Anatomy of failure: Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z.

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