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Peripheral Fear : Transformations of the Gothic in Canadian and Australian Fiction
multi chapter work
Peripheral Fear : Transformations of the Gothic in Canadian and Australian Fiction
multi chapter work
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First known date:
2009...
2009
Peripheral Fear : Transformations of the Gothic in Canadian and Australian Fiction
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Publisher's blurb: 'This is a pioneering work published for the first time in its complete form. At a time when Gothic studies still concentrated on traditional European and American Gothic, the author laid the foundation for the exploration of how Gothic conventions were transported and transformed in places remote from Europe.
Through a detailed reading of 19th- and 20th-century examples of Canadian and Australian Gothic fiction, this work demonstrates the transformative potential of a once much-maligned mode in what were arguably neglected national literatures.'
Contents
* Contents derived from the
Brussels,
Belgium,
Western Europe,
Europe,:Peter Lang
, 2009 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- Peripheral Fear : Introduction, single work criticism (p. 17-24)
- Old World Gothic : Background and Sources, single work criticism (p. 27-50)
- Theorizing Colonial Gothic, single work criticism (p. 51-67)
- Gothic Influences to the First Novels, single work criticism (p. 69-103)
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Colonial Nomenclaturei"'Twas said of Greece two thousand years ago,",
single work
poetry
satire
(p. 75-76)A satire on Governor Macquarie's propensity to name buildings and geographical landmarks after himself.
- Three Nineteenth-Century Gothic Novels : Wacousta, His Natural Life and A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder, single work criticism (p. 105-134)
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The Mystici"When sick men turn and lights are low,",
single work
poetry
(p. 113-115)A poem about the darkest hour of the night, when terrors prowl the landscape and fear enters the heart of a watchman.
- 'Convicts to Australia - Bastards to Canada' : The Metaphysical Gothic of Patrick White and Robertson Davies, single work criticism (p. 137-163)
- "Speaking the Formula of Abjection" : Hybrids and Gothic Discourses in Louis Nowra's Novels, single work criticism (p. 165-180)
- The Gothic and Sexuality : Marian Engel's Bear and Elizabeth Jolley's The Well, single work criticism (p. 181-201)
- 'A Shocking Bad Book to Be Sure, Sir' : The Gothic as Counter-Discursive Strategy in Margaret Atwood's and Kate Grenville's Fiction, single work criticism (p. 203-231)
- Peripheral Fear : Conclusion, single work criticism (p. 233-236)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Peripheral Fear : Transformations of the Gothic in Canadian and Australian Fiction by Gerry Turcotte
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: JASAL , no. 10 2010;
— Review of Peripheral Fear : Transformations of the Gothic in Canadian and Australian Fiction 2009 multi chapter work criticism
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Peripheral Fear : Transformations of the Gothic in Canadian and Australian Fiction by Gerry Turcotte
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: JASAL , no. 10 2010;
— Review of Peripheral Fear : Transformations of the Gothic in Canadian and Australian Fiction 2009 multi chapter work criticism
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