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London: Longman, 1980. First printing. 8vo. 449 pp. Fine in Fine dust jacket.
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The Literature of Terror: A History of Gothic Fictions from 1765 to the Present Day Hardcover - 1980
by David Punter
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- Title The Literature of Terror: A History of Gothic Fictions from 1765 to the Present Day
- Author David Punter
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 449
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Longman Publishing Group, London
- Date 1980
- ISBN 9780582489202 / 0582489202
- Library of Congress subjects American literature - History and criticism, English literature - History and criticism
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 79040934
- Dewey Decimal Code 823.087
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Longman & Co, London, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Near Fine Condition/Near Fine. The Literature of Terror is a rich and fascinating book with two interlocking aims: first, to examine the extraordinary. diversity of the ways in which the fearful has been represented in English and American literature over the last two centuries; and, second, to explore the deeper implications of 'the Gothic' as a literary, cultural and social concept. It makes a convincing case for Gothic as more than just a faded historical curiosity, a routine repertory of stale tricks and tired shudders: it shows how the continuing attraction of the fearful can embody unperceived preoccupations at once truthful and profound. Gothic is a term which is still widely used by critics and writers - frequently to mean very different things. In his book, David Punter surveys the whole enormous field of Gothic literature, not only to illustrate its variety, but also to identify and define those qualities…
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