| Industrial Gothic: Workers, Exploitation and Urbanization in Transatlantic Nineteenth-Century Literature Contributor(s): Marshall, Bridget M. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1786837706 ISBN-13: 9781786837707 Publisher: University of Wales Press OUR PRICE: $87.12 Product Type: Hardcover Published: October 2021 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Gothic & Romance - Literary Criticism | Horror & Supernatural |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 5.5" W x 8.6" (1.10 lbs) 288 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: An archival literary study positing the Industrial Revolution as a site of Gothic excess and horror. Stories about the real horrors of factory life frequently employed the mode of the Gothic, while nineteenth-century Gothic literature began to use new settings--factories, mills, and industrial cities--as backdrops for the horrors that once populated Gothic castles. This study carves out the "Industrial Gothic" as a new area of study that places the literature of the Industrial Revolution in dialogue with the Gothic. The book explores a significant subset of transatlantic nineteenth-century literature that employs the tropes, themes, and rhetoric of the Gothic to portray the real-life horrors of factory life. Using archival materials, Bridget M. Marshall frames the Industrial Revolution as a site of Gothic excess and horror. |