The Gothic Body: Sexuality, Materialism, and Degeneration at the Fin de Siecle (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780521552592)

This book accounts for the resurgence of Gothic, and its immense popularity, during the British fin de siècle. In particular, Kelly Hurley explores a key scenario that haunts the genre: the loss of a unified and stable human identity, and the emergence of a chaotic and transformative "abhuman" identity in its place. Gothic is revealed as a highly productive and speculative genre, strongly indebted to nineteenth-century scientific, medical and social theories, including evolutionism, criminal anthropology and degeneration theory.

Author: Kelly Hurley
ISBN-10: 0521552591
ISBN-13: 9780521552592
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 01/13/1997
Pages: 220
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.09lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.63d