Degeneration, normativity and the gothic at the Fin de Siècle. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Stephan Karschay.
• Authors: Karschay, Stephan, 1980-
• Other Names: Palgrave Connect (Online service)
• Contents: 1. Introduction -- 2. Degeneration and the Victorian Sciences -- 3. Detecting the Degenerate: Robert Louis Stevenson's "Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde" and Arthur Machen's "The Great God Pan" -- 4. Othering the Degenerate: Bram Stoker's "Dracula" and Richard Marsh's "The Beetle" -- 5. Normalising the Degenerate: Oscar Wilde's "The Picture of Dorian Gray" and Marie Corelli's "The Sorrows of Satan" -- 6. Conclusion.
• Publisher Details: New York : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2015
• Copyright Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (ix, 295 pages)
• Subjects: 823/.0872909; Literature; Gothic fiction (Literary genre), English -- History and criticism; Literature and science -- History and criticism; Degeneration in literature; English fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism; LITERARY CRITICISM -- General; LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; LITERARY CRITICISM -- Gothic & Romance; LITERARY CRITICISM -- Semiotics & Theory; Degeneration in literature; English fiction; Gothic fiction (Literary genre), English; Literature and science; Englisch; Literatur; Gothic novel; Literary Criticism -- General; Literature: history & criticism; Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900; Literary studies: from c 1900; British literature; Electronic books; Criticism, interpretation, etc; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137450333; 1137450339
• Related ISBNs: 9781349496990; 9781137450326; 1137450320
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 274-288) and index.; Note: Print version record.
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