Ghosts of the Gothic Austen Eliot and Lawrence 1st Edition by Judith Wilt ISBN 1400857503 9781400857500

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ISBN 10: 1400857503 
ISBN 13: 9781400857500
Author: Judith Wilt

In a fascinating study of what, during the last decade, rekindled an avid readership, Judith Wilt proposes a new theory of Gothic fiction that challenges its reputation as merely a formula to be outgrown or a stock of images for the creation of terror. Emphasizing instead its status as an enduring component of the imagination, she establishes the Gothic as the mothering” form for three other popular genres–detective, historical, and science fiction. Originally published in 1980. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Ghosts of the Gothic Austen Eliot and Lawrence 1st Table of contents:

Part I: Jane Austen and the Domestic Gothic

• Chapter 1: Northanger Abbey and the Pleasures of Deception
  • Analysis of Austen’s direct engagement with and parody of Gothic conventions.
  • How the novel playfully exposes the dangers and allure of Gothic reading.
• Chapter 2: Sense and Sensibility and the Terrors of Emotion
  • Exploring the psychological “hauntings” of uncontrolled passion and sensibility.
  • The domestic space as a site of emotional turmoil and constraint.
• Chapter 3: Mansfield Park: Secrecy, Guilt, and the Family Home
  • The hidden moral decay and unspoken secrets within the seemingly respectable family.
  • The house as a potentially oppressive or corrupting force.
• Chapter 4: Emma: The Dark Side of Imagination and the Unseen
  • How misperceptions and misjudgments create a kind of psychological uncanny.
  • The subtle manipulations and power dynamics that create a sense of unease.

Part II: George Eliot and the Social Gothic

• Chapter 5: Adam Bede: The Unseen Crime and its Aftermath
  • The “ghost” of a hidden crime and its psychological and social reverberations.
  • How community and moral accountability function in a quasi-Gothic way.
• Chapter 6: The Mill on the Floss: Heredity, Environment, and the Shadow of the Past
  • The idea of inherited traits and the inescapable influence of family and social origins as a form of determinism.
  • The tragic fate driven by psychological and social forces that parallel Gothic doom.
• Chapter 7: Middlemarch: Hidden Lives and the Entrapment of Institutions
  • The “spectral” presence of unfulfilled desires and hidden truths within the seemingly ordinary lives of provincial society.
  • The confining nature of social structures and gender roles as a form of entrapment.
• Chapter 8: Daniel Deronda: Racial Secrets and the Search for Identity
  • The ultimate hidden secret: a character’s true racial/ethnic identity.
  • The “haunting” of a past heritage and its implications for individual destiny.

Part III: D.H. Lawrence and the Psychological/Primitive Gothic

• Chapter 9: Sons and Lovers: The Oedipal Haunting and Psychological Entrapment
  • The intense, almost supernatural grip of family dynamics (especially the mother-son bond).
  • The psychological “tunnels” and “mazes” of the inner self.
• Chapter 10: The Rainbow and Women in Love: Primal Forces and the Collapse of Form
  • The exploration of irrational, often violent, primal forces lurking beneath the surface of civilized life.
  • The “haunting” of ancient, instinctual desires and the breakdown of conventional forms.
• Chapter 11: Lady Chatterley’s Lover: Sex, Nature, and the Decay of Modernity
  • The “ghost” of an aristocratic past and the decaying social order.
  • The primal connection to nature and sexuality as a way of breaking free from artificial modern strictures, but also with its own dark, unsettling aspects.

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