Penny Dreadfuls and the Gothic
Investigations of Pernicious Tales of Terror
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Penny Dreadfuls and the Gothic
Investigations of Pernicious Tales of Terror
About This Book
Penny Dreadfuls and the Gothic breaks new ground in uncovering penny titles which have been hitherto largely neglected from literary discourse revealing the cultural, social and literary significance of these working-class texts. The present volume is a reappraisal of penny dreadfuls, demonstrating their cruciality in both our understanding of working-class Victorian Literature and the Gothic mode. This edited collection of essays provides new insights into the fields of Victorian literature, popular culture and Gothic fiction more broadly; it is divided into three sections, whose titles replicate the dual titles offered by penny publications during the nineteenth century. Sections one and two consist of three chapters, while section three consists of four essays, all of which intertwine to create an in-depth and intertextual exposition of Victorian society, literature, and gothic representations.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Notes on Contributors
- List of Figures and Illustrations
- 1 Introduction: Dreadful Beginning
- Section One: The Progression of Pennys; or, Adaptations and Legacies of the Dreadful
- Section Two: Victorian Medical Sciences and Penny Fiction; or, Dreadful Discourses of the Gothic
- Section Three: Mode, Genre, and Style; or, Gothic Storytelling and Ideologies
- List of Referenced Penny Titles
- Bibliography
- Notes