Kelly Hurley
This book accounts for the resurgence of Gothic, and its immense popularity, during the British fin de siï¿½cle. 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.
Gothic,Nonfiction,Historical,Victorian,Criticism,Literary Criticism,Horror,Philosophy,Criticism,Horror,Gothic Horror,Philosophy,Theory,Sexuality
The Gothic Body: Sexuality, Materialism, and Degeneration at the Fin de SiÃ¨cle