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100	1		_aKilleen, Jarlath _eauthor
245	0	4	_aThe Emergence of Irish Gothic Fiction - Histories, Origins, Theories? _cJarlath Killeen
264		2	_bOpen Textbook Library
264		1	_bEdinburgh University Press
300			_a1 online resource
490	0		_aOpen textbook library.
505	0		_aIntroduction: Zombieland: From Gothic Ireland to Irish Gothic -- 1. Braindead: Locating the Gothic -- 2. The Creeping Unknown: Re-Making Meaning in the Gothic Novel -- 3. Mad Love: The Adventures of Miss Sophia Berkley and the Politics of Consent -- 4. The Monster Club: Monstrosity, Catholicism and Revising the (1641) Rising -- 5. Undead: Unmaking Monsters in Longsword -- Conclusion: Land of the Dead
520	0		_aProvides a new account of the emergence of Irish gothic fiction in mid-eighteenth century. This book provides a robustly theorised and thoroughly historicised account of the 'beginnings' of Irish gothic fiction, maps the theoretical terrain covered by other critics, and puts forward a new history of the emergence of the genre in Ireland. The main argument the book makes is that the Irish gothic should be read in the context of the split in Irish Anglican public opinion that opened in the 1750s, and seen as a fictional instrument of liberal Anglican opinion in a changing political landscape. By providing a fully historicized account of the beginnings of the genre in Ireland, the book also addresses the theoretical controversies that have bedevilled discussion of the Irish gothic in the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s. The book gives ample space to the critical debate, and rigorously defends a reading of the Irish gothic as an Anglican, Patriot tradition. This reading demonstrates the connections between little-known Irish gothic fictions of the mid-eighteenth century (The Adventures of Miss Sophia Berkley and Longsword), and the Irish gothic tradition more generally, and also the gothic as a genre of global significance. Key Features * Examines gothic texts including Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, Horace Walpole's The Castle of Otranto, Bram Stoker's Dracula, Charles Robert Maturin's Melmoth the Wanderer, (Anon), The Adventures of Miss Sophia Berkley and Thomas Leland's Longsword * Provides a rigorous and robust theory of the Irish Gothic * Reads early Irish gothic fully into the political context of mid-eighteenth century Ireland This title was made Open Access by libraries from around the world through Knowledge Unlatched.
542	1		_fAttribution-NonCommercial
546			_aIn English.
588	0		_aDescription based on online resource
650		0	_aHumanities _vTextbooks
710	2		_aOpen Textbook Library _edistributor
856	4	0	_uhttps://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/363 _zAccess online version
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