Title
The Forgotten Gothic: Short Stories from the British Literary Annuals, 1823-1831
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Description
This collection of gothic short stories takes us further than perhaps eighteenth or nineteenth-century scholars are comfortable with – to extend our discussions about the Gothic in such a way that the tradition does not die at 1820, as is purported by Robert Mayo. We will, however, move past the deaths of Shelley, Keats and Byron – the spokespersons for the second wave of traditional Romanticism. Queen Victoria won’t ascend to the throne for another six years, and Tennyson has not yet become the powerhouse poet who will eventually rise to Poet Laureate of England. Scholars touted 1820-1830 as a “dead zone” – without any literary guiding light. However, many studies have shown that the magazines were filled with literary fodder, more specifically, the Gothic short story.
ISBN
9780976721246
Publication Date
10-1-2012
Publisher
Zittaw Press
City
Camarillo, CA
Disciplines
Comparative Literature | English Language and Literature
Recommended Citation
Harris, Katherine D., "The Forgotten Gothic: Short Stories from the British Literary Annuals, 1823-1831" (2012). Books Authored by SJSU Faculty. Book 46.
http://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/faculty_books/46
