| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 292 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations |
| Series |
Gothic literary studies |
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Gothic literary studies.
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| Contents |
Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of Illustrations; Introduction: The Call to Arms; Part I: Gothic Fictions of Empire; Chapter 1: Gothic Invasions from the East and West Indies: Vampires, Mesmerists and Demons; Chapter 2: Gothic Invasions from Egypt: Mummies and Curses; Part II: Genre and Gothic Invasion; Chapter 3: Crime Fiction: Mephistophelean Master Criminals; Chapter 4: Yellow-Peril Fiction: Villainous Celestials; Chapter 5: Military Invasion Tales: Brutish Europeans and Gothic Battlefields; Afterword: 'To Arms!' in Earnest; Notes; Select Bibliography |
| Summary |
Gothic Invasions investigates the prevalent concern with invasion and war in fin-de-siècle British popular fiction, identifies the role of imperial expansion in generating fears of invasion, and explores how these fears were expressed transgenerically in narratives of invasion drawing strongly upon the conventions and themes of gothic writing |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed June 21, 2018) |
| Subject |
English fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism
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Gothic revival (Literature) -- Great Britain -- History
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Imperialism in literature.
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Paranoia in literature.
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Nationalism in literature.
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War in literature.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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English fiction
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Gothic revival (Literature)
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Imperialism in literature
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Nationalism in literature
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Paranoia in literature
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Politics and government
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War in literature
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| SUBJECT |
Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1901-1936. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056917
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Great Britain -- History -- Edward VII, 1901-1910.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056826
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Great Britain -- History -- George V, 1910-1936.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056827
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| Subject |
Great Britain
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781786832108 |
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1786832100 |
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9781786832115 |
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1786832119 |
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9781786832122 |
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1786832127 |
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