| Gothic Immortals (Routledge Revivals): The Fiction of the Brotherhood of the Rosy Cross Contributor(s): Mulvey-Roberts, Marie (Author) |
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ISBN: 1138671517 ISBN-13: 9781138671515 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $178.20 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History - Literary Criticism | American - General - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh |
| Physical Information: 239 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles - Chronological Period - 19th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: First published in 1990, this book represents the first full-length study of into the group of novels designated 'Rosicrucian' and traces the emergence of this distinct fictional genre, revealing a continuous occult tradition running through seemingly diverse literary texts. Taking the Enlightenment as a starting point, the author shows how the physician's secular appropriation of the idea of eternal life, through the study of longevity and physical decay, attracted writers like William Godwin. It focuses on the bodily immortality of the Rosicrucian hero and investigates the novels of five major writers -- Godwin, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Mary Shelley, Maturin, and Bulwer-Lytton. |