{"product_id":"spectres-of-antiquity-james-uden-9780190910273","title":"Spectres of Antiquity: Classical Literature and the Gothic, 1740-1830","description":"Gothic literature imagines the return of ghosts from the past. But what about the ghosts of the classical past? \u003cem\u003eSpectres of Antiquity \u003c\/em\u003eis the first full-length study to describe the relationship between Greek and Roman culture and the Gothic novels, poetry, and drama of the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Rather than simply representing the opposite of classical aesthetics and ideas, the Gothic emerged from an awareness of the lingering power of antiquity. The Gothic reflects a new and darker vision of the ancient world: no longer inspiring modernity through its examples, antiquity has become a ghost, haunting contemporary minds rather than guiding them. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThrough readings of works by authors including Horace Walpole, Ann Radcliffe, Matthew Lewis, Charles Brockden Brown, and Mary Shelley, \u003cem\u003eSpectres of Antiquity\u003c\/em\u003e argues that these authors' plots and ideas preserve the remembered traces of Greece and Rome. James Uden provides evidence for many allusions to ancient texts that have never previously been noted in scholarship, and he offers an accessible guide both to the Gothic genre and to the classical world to which it responds. In fascinating and compelling detail, \u003cem\u003eSpectres of Antiquity \u003c\/em\u003erewrites the history of the Gothic, demonstrating that the genre was haunted by a far deeper sense of history than has previously been assumed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e James Uden\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0190910275\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780190910273\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/25\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 284\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.10w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2021","brand":"James Uden","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44126733205759,"sku":"9780190910273","price":91.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0523dc84-21fe-474a-bdd2-d4d0e308349e.jpg?v=1687449851","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/spectres-of-antiquity-james-uden-9780190910273","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}