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The Gothic ideology : religious hysteria and anti-Catholicism in British popular fiction, 1780-1880
- Title
- The Gothic ideology : religious hysteria and anti-Catholicism in British popular fiction, 1780-1880 / Diane Long Hoeveler.
- Author
- Hoeveler, Diane Long.
- Publication
- Cardiff, Wales : University of Wales Press, 2014.
- ©2014
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Details
- Description
- xi, 361 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
- Summary
- This book explores why lecherous monks, evil nuns, dank torture chambers and haunted abbeys have filled the pages of gothic novels for two hundred years.
- Series Statement
- Gothic literary studies
- Uniform Title
- Gothic literary studies.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-319) and index.
- Contents
- Anti-Catholicism and the Gothic ideology: interlocking discourse networks -- The construction of the Gothic nun: fantasies and the religious imaginary -- The spectre of theocracy: mysterious monks and 'priestcraft' -- The foreign threat: inquisitions, autos-da-fé and bloody tribunals -- Ruined abbeys: justifying stolen property and the crusade against superstition -- Epilogue: The Penny Dreadful and the (almost) last gasp of the Gothic ideology.
- Call Number
- JFD 16-2727
- ISBN
- 1783160489
- 9781783160488
- 9781783160495 (canceled/invalid)
- OCLC
- 880131018
- Author
- Hoeveler, Diane Long.
- Title
- The Gothic ideology : religious hysteria and anti-Catholicism in British popular fiction, 1780-1880 / Diane Long Hoeveler.
- Publisher
- Cardiff, Wales : University of Wales Press, 2014.
- Copyright Date
- ©2014
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Gothic literary studiesGothic literary studies.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-319) and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFD 16-2727