The psychopathology of the Gothic romance
An edition of The psychopathology of the Gothic romance (2010)
perversion, neuroses and psychosis in early works of the genre
By Ed Cameron
Publish Date
2010
Publisher
McFarland & Co., Publishers
Language
eng
Pages
207
Description:
"This book uses clinical psychoanalytic theory to illustrate how early British Gothic fiction reveals undercurrents of psychopathological behavior. Chapters consider the division of the Gothic novel; how early British Gothic romance parallels Freud's notion; the genre's origins in Walpole's The Castle of Otranto; sexual differentiation; Ann Radcliffe; Matthew Lewis; and the confusion between self and other"--Provided by publisher.
subjects: Psychology, Pathological, in literature, Gothic fiction (Literary genre), English, Psychoses in literature, Psychoanalysis and literature, History and criticism, Neuroses in literature, Deviant behavior in literature, Gothic fiction (literary genre), history and criticism, English fiction, history and criticism