The Gothic and the Rule of the Law, 1764-1820
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The Gothic and the Rule of the Law, 1764-1820

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The Gothic and the Rule of the Law, 1764-1820

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This book is the first full-length theoretical and historical study of the relation between early Gothic fiction and an emerging modern rule of law. The work identifies not only a political and cultural, but also an ontological relation between what critics have conceptualized as 'Gothic' and the nature and function of modern juridical power.

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Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Year
2007
ISBN
9780230801400
Topic
Letteratura
Subtopic
Critica letteraria europea

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Contents
  3. Acknowledgements
  4. Introduction: Thresholds
  5. 1 Fictions of Origin
  6. 2 ‘Written in the Black Letter’: The Gothic and/in the Rule of Law
  7. 3 Spectres of Law in The Castle of Otranto
  8. 4 Clara Reeve and the Problem of Romance
  9. 5 The Law’s Gothic Space: Sophia Lee’s The Recess
  10. 6 A Maternal Tale Unfolds – Radcliffean Gothic
  11. 7 A Supplement – Gaston de Blondeville
  12. 8 Before the Law – Godwin’s Caleb Williams
  13. 9 In Excess – Godwin’s St Leon and Maturin’s Melmoth the Wanderer
  14. Conclusion: Frankenstein – Reproducing the Gothic
  15. Bibliography
  16. Index