The Gothic Sublime Contributor(s): Mishra, Vijay (Author) |
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ISBN: 0791417484 ISBN-13: 9780791417485 Publisher: State University of New York Press OUR PRICE: $35.10 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 1994 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Political |
Dewey: 823.087 |
LCCN: 93000147 |
Series: Suny the Sublime |
Physical Information: (1.10 lbs) 342 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: This book reads the Gothic corpus with a thoroughly postmodern critical apparatus, pointing out that the Gothic Sublime anticipates our own doomed desire to pass beyond the hyperreal. A highly sophisticated theoretical reading of key texts of the Gothic, this book allows the reader to re-live the Gothic, not simply as a nostalgic relic or a pre-romantic aberration, but as a living presence that has strong resonances with the postmodern condition. |