Sinister Histories. Gothic Novels and Representations of the Past, from Horace Walpole to Mary Wollstonecraft, Paperback - Jonathan Dent

Showing how the Gothic can be read as a complex reaction to Enlightenment methods of historical representation, Sinister histories uncovers hithert...

Contributor(s): Author: Horace WalpoleAuthor: William BeckfordAuthor: Mary ShelleyWalpole's The Castle of Otranto, Beckford's Vathek, and Shelley's...

Each of these four Gothic stories reveals a psychological tale of isolation and monomania. H. Walpole's 'The Castle of Otranto' is filled with terr...

Reducere. When Conrad, son of Prince Manfred of Otranto, is killed in mysterious circumstances on his wedding day, his father, fearing his line is at an end,...

'Look, my lordSee heaven itself declares against your impious intentions ' The Castle of Otranto (1764) is the first supernatural English novel and...

Reducere. Manfred, the lord of the castle of Otranto, has long lived in dread of an ancient prophecy: it's foretold that when his family line ends, the true ...

Addresses the question of how and why Horace Walpole and the men of his circle promoted the Gothic style in art, architecture, and literature in th...

Reducere. When tragedy strikes on his son's wedding day, Lord Manfred believes it is a foreboding omen, and will do whatever it takes to stop it--no matter h...

Reducere. This novel is the story of Conrad, son of Manfred of the house of Otranto. This thrilling tale abounds in adventure, suspense, and supernatural occ...

Examines a set of perennial narrative motifs centred on violence within the family as they have appeared in French, English, Spanish, and American ...

The founding work of Gothic fiction On the day of his wedding, Conrad, heir to the house of Otranto, is killed in mysterious circumstances. His cal...

Mary Wollstonecraft is remembered principally as the author of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792), and there has been a tendency to view h...

This groundbreaking study will intrigue anyone interested in Confucianism. It shows how visual images and literary production enabled the creation ...

Offers an extensive selection of author's letters, arranged by subject so that you can choose from themes including social life, the Court, politic...

The Life and Death of Mary Wollstonecraft is the acclaimed bestselling biography by Claire Tomalin Winner of the Whitbread First Book Prize Witty, ...

An influential novel of the eighteenth century Gothic revival, introducing a number of enduring tropes.

When biographers write about a person's life, they prioritize what is important to themselves: What interests them, what resonates with them, what ...

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Strongly autobiographical, Mary and The Wrongs of Woman powerfully complement Wollstonecraft's non-fictional writing, inspired by the French Revolu...

Museum Representations of Chinese Diasporas is the first book to analyse the recent upsurge in museums on Chinese diasporas in China. Examining her...

This book makes important assertions not only about the conflicts and negotiations inherent to opposing historiographic traditions, but about ways ...

Publisher: The University of Chicago PressAuthor(s): Sarah NicholsNumber of pages: 288Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 218 x 280 x 25Cover type: H...

Reducere. The founder of modern feminism, Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-1797) was the most famous woman of her era. A brilliant, unconventional rebel vilified fo...

A renowned historian introduces Mary Wollestonecraft's seminal feminist tract

Before the concept of equality between the sexes was even conceived, Wollstonecraft wrote this book, a treatise of proto-feminism that was as power...

This book is an accessible history of internal exile's origins and practices under Fascism and of its representation in film, literature and memoir...

Reducere. The three main characters in Mathilda are clearly Mary Shelley herself, Godwin and Percy Bysshe Shelley -- and their relations can easily be reasso...

Trade paperback. Illustrated throughout, this is an entertaining and practical guide to reading the British landscape, drawing attention to how hum...

Mary Wollstoncraft's passionate declaration of female independence shattered the stereotype of docile, decorative womanhood, anticipated a new era ...

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Reducere. Oxford Bookworms offer students at all levels the opportunity to extend their reading and appreciation of English. There are six stages, taking stu...

Publisher: New Island BooksAuthor(s): Frank HopkinsNumber of pages: 334Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 136 x 214 x 34Cover type: Paperback / soft...

This book is a result of an effort made by us towards making a contribution to the preservation and repair of original classic literature. In an at...

Writing in an age when the call for the rights of man had brought revolution to America and France, Mary Wollstonecraft produced her own declaratio...

Reducere. In an era of revolutions demanding greater liberties for mankind, Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-1797) was an ardent feminist who spoke eloquently for c...

Reducere. Traind intr-o perioada in care lupta pentru drepturile omului a condus la revolutie in America si in Franta, Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-1797) si-a s...

Mary Wollstonecraft (27 April 1759 - 10 September 1797) was an English writer, philosopher, and advocate of women's rights. During her brief career...

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A Vindication of the Rights of Woman: with Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects (1792), written by the 18th-century British proto-feminist Ma...

The Gothic has contributed a distinctive style and atmosphere to Australian cinema since the 1970s. This book traces the appearance and interprets ...

Includes stories that combine passion with forceful feminist argument. In "Mary Wollstonecraft's Mary", the heroine flees her young husband in orde...

Reducere. DescriptionFrankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus is the original 1818 'Uncensored' Edition of Frankenstein as first published anonymously in 1818...