Shakespearean Gothic

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Format Hardback or Cased Book

Book Series Gothic Literary Studies

ISBN-10 0708320937

ISBN-13 9780708320938

Publisher University of Wales Press

Imprint University of Wales Press

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Sep 27th, 2009

Print length 192 Pages

Weight 530 grams

Dimensions 21.60 x 14.50 x 2.50 cms

Product Classification: Shakespeare studies & criticism

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This book explores the paradox that the Gothic (today's werewolves, vampires, and horror movies) owe their origins (and their legitimacy) to eighteenth-century interpretations of Shakespeare.

As evidenced by the vampires, werewolves, and other frights overrunning the best-seller lists, the Gothic remains immensely popular. This collection of essays traces the roots of the Gothic to an unexpected source: eighteenth-century interpretations of Shakespeare. Through close attention to literary, cultural, and historical detail, the contributors demonstrate that even as Shakespeare was being established as the supreme British writer, he was also being cited as justification for early Gothic writers abandonment of literary decorum and their interest in the supernatural.

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