{"product_id":"literature-the-gothic-and-the-reconstruction-of-history","title":"Literature, the Gothic and the Reconstruction of History","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the Gothic, nothing stays buried for long. Since its inception in the mid-eighteenth century, the Gothic imagination has been concerned with the pasts of the societies from which it emerged. This collection, featuring contributions from archivists, historians and literary critics, examines how horror fiction and the wider Gothic mode have engaged with the constructed conception of \"history\".\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom Victorian nightmares of Jurassic jungles to ghost stories on the contemporary stage, the contributors adopt varied and innovative approaches to consider how the Gothic has created, complicated and sometimes subverted historical narratives. In doing so, these works blur the distinctions between the \"historical record\" and creative endeavour, undermine linear and sequential understandings of the progress of time and dissolve temporal boundaries. The collection explores a variety of Gothic forms including drama, poetry, prose, illustration, film and folklore, and it draws on classic texts such as \u003ci\u003eWuthering Heights\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDracula\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as less familiar works, including Reynolds’ \u003ci\u003eThe Mysteries of London\u003c\/i\u003e and Baldini’s \u003ci\u003eMal’aria\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLiterature, the Gothic and the Reconstruction of History\u003c\/i\u003e will be invaluable to students and scholars interested in the confluences of literary and historical endeavour, the creation and depiction of historical constructs in popular culture, and Gothic horror in its myriad forms.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Product","offer_id":57427825262936,"sku":"9781032736501","price":56.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/literature-the-gothic-and-the-reconstruction-of-history","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}