The Gothic novel - in focussing on the villain-hero's split mind, and in projecting his fears and desires onto an antagonistic double-like character - moulded the 'Gothic' double, which was to become central to several widely read fictions of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. This study shows, how under the guise of the double, the subject matter of 'the unspeakable', i.e. those socially condemned areas of forbidden (homo-)sexual desire, repeatedly forces its way into literature.
| ISBN: | 9783906756394 |
| Publication date: | 1st June 1996 |
| Author: | Astrid Schmid |
| Publisher: | Lang, Peter, AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften an imprint of Lang, Peter, AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissen |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 265 pages |
| Series: | Europaische Hochschulschriften : Reihe 14: Angelsachsische Sprache Und Literatur |
| Genres: |
Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900 Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000 Psychology |