| Gothic Immortals (Routledge Revivals): The Fiction of the Brotherhood of the Rosy Cross Contributor(s): Mulvey-Roberts, Marie (Author) |
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ISBN: 1138671584 ISBN-13: 9781138671584 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $47.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History - Literary Criticism | American - General - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh |
| Physical Information: 254 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| 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. |