The Modern Gothic and Literary Doubles

"The Modern Gothic and Literary Doubles" is concerned with Gothic representations of London in the late 19th century. Establishing that a modern Gothic literary mode relocates the traditional rural Gothic to the late 19th century metropolis, this volume explores the cultural history of London in the 19th century. The subsequent discussion of the Gothic fictions of Stevenson, Wilde and Wells offers new perspectives from which to assess the impact of contemporary perceptions of London as a Gothicized space on the works of these novelists.

ISBN	140390510X	DEWEY edition	DC21
ISBN13	9781403905109 (What's this?)	Pages	240
Publisher	Palgrave USA	Volumes	1
Imprint	Palgrave Macmillan	Weight (grammes)	409
Format	Hardback	Published in	Gordonsville
Publication date	02 Sep 2003	Height (mm)	222
Writer of foreword	L Davies	Width (mm)	141
Library of Congress	PR468.G68	Spine width (mm)	17
DEWEY	823.0872909	Academic level	Undergraduate, Postgraduate, Professional / Scholarly

	Foreword by Laurence Davies
	Acknowledgements
	Abbreviations
1	Introduction: the Literary Mood of the Fin de Siecle	1
2	The Modern Gothic	19
3	The City: London, Real and Imagined	45
4	'City of Dreadful Night': Stevenson's Gothic London	74
5	Oscar Wilde: Gothic Ironies and Terrible Dualities	110
6	'The Coming Terror': Wells's Outcast London and the Modern Gothic	147
	Epilogue: Gothic Futures	186
	Notes	191
	Bibliography	205
	Index	214

"Dryden skillfully unravels the network of cultural, political, scientific and historical forces at work in the Gothic fictions of Stevenson, Wilde and Wells. A significant contribution to literary history."--Roger Luckhurst, Birkbeck College, UK

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