Title Welsh Gothic / Jane Aaron

Published Cardiff : University of Wales Press, 2013

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Description 1 online resource Series Gothic literary studies Gothic literary studies. Contents pt. I. Haunted by history -- pt. II. "Things that go bump in the Celtic twilight." Summary Annotation Welsh Gothic introduces readers to the array of Welsh Gothic literature published from 1780 to the present day. Calling on postcolonial and psychoanalytic theory, Jane Aaron argues that many of the fears encoded in Welsh Gothic writing are specific to the history of Welsh and reveal much about the varying ways in which the Welsh people have been perceived and viewed themselves throughout history. The first part of the book explores Welsh Gothic writing from its beginnings in the last decades of the eighteenth century to 1997. The second part focuses on the figures specific to the Welsh Gothic genre who have entered literature from folklore and local superstition, such as the sin-eater, hellhounds, dark druids, and Welsh witches Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes English Print version record Subject Gothic fiction (Literary genre), English -- Wales -- History and criticism English fiction -- Welsh authors -- History and criticism LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh. LITERARY CRITICISM -- Gothic & Romance. English fiction -- Welsh authors Gothic fiction (Literary genre), English Wales Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. Form Electronic book ISBN 9780708326091 0708326099 9781783165599 1783165596

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