The Gothic Sublime |
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Author:
| Mishra, Vijay |
Series title: | SUNY Series on the Sublime Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-0-7914-1748-5 |
Publication Date: | May 1994 |
Publisher: | State University of New York Press
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Imprint: | Suny Press |
Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $36.95 |
Book Description:
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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.
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.