In Darkest London: The Gothic Cityscape in Victorian Literature

In Darkest London: The Gothic Cityscape in Victorian Literature
ISBN-10
0810887770
ISBN-13
9780810887770
Category
Literary Criticism
Pages
157
Language
English
Published
2013
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Author
Jamieson Ridenhour

Description

In the late 1830s, London began appearing as a site of literary terror, and by the end of the century a large proportion of the important Victorian “Gothic revival” novels were set in the city. In Darkest London is a full-length study of the Victorian Urban Gothic, a pervasive mode that appears not only in straightforward novels of terror but also in the works of mainstream authors. Placing the conventions of the Gothic form in their proper historical context, In Darkest London will appeal to scholars and students interested in an in-depth survey of the Urban Gothic.

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