Killeen, Jarlath, 1976-

The Emergence of Irish Gothic Fiction : Histories, Origins, Theories / Jarlath Killeen. - 1 online resource (248 pages). - Book collections on Project MUSE. .

Zombieland: From Gothic Ireland to Irish Gothic -- Braindead: Locating the Gothic -- The Creeping Unknown: Re-Making Meaning in the Gothic Novel -- Mad Love: The Adventures of Miss Sophia Berkley and the Politics of Consent -- The Monster Club: Monstrosity, Catholicism and Revising the (1641) Rising -- Undead: Unmaking Monsters in Longsword -- Land of the Dead. Introduction: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Conclusion: Introduction: Zombieland: from gothic Ireland to Irish gothic -- Braindead: locating the gothic -- The creeping unknown: re-making meaning in the gothic novel -- Mad love: the adventures of Miss Sophia Berkley and the politics of consent -- The monster club: monstrosity, catholicism and revising the (1641) rising -- Undead: unmaking monsters in Longsword -- Conclusion: land of the dead. ch. 1. ch. 2. ch. 3. ch. 4. ch. 5.

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This study provides a robustly theorised and thoroughly historicised account of the beginnings of Irish gothic fiction, maps the theoretical terrain covered by other critics, and puts forward a new history of the emergence of the genre in Ireland.


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Literature.
Monsters in literature.
Irish fiction.
Gothic fiction (Literary genre), English.
LITERARY CRITICISM--Gothic & Romance.
LITERARY CRITICISM--European--English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Monstres dans la litterature.
Monsters in literature.
Gothic fiction (Literary genre), English--History and criticism.--Ireland


Belgium--Merksem.
Ireland.


Textbooks.
Textbooks.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.