The Gothic Ideology
Religious Hysteria and Anti-Catholicism in British Popular Fiction, 1780-1880
Author(s) Diane Hoeveler
Language: English
Genre(s): History
Series: Gothic Literary Studies
- May 2014 · 352 pages ·216x138mm
- · Hardback - 9781783160488
- · eBook - pdf - 9781783160495
- · eBook - epub - 9781783161935
About The Book
Contents
Table of Contents List of Figures Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter One: Anti-Catholicism and the Gothic Ideology: Interlocking Discourse Networks Chapter Two: The Construction of the Gothic Nun: Fantasy and the Religious Imaginary Chapter Three: The Spectre of Theocracy: Mysterious Monks and "Priestcraft" Chapter Four: The Foreign Threat: Inquisitions, autos-da-fe, and Bloody Tribunals Chapter Five: Ruined Abbeys: Justifying Stolen Property and the Crusade against Superstition EPILOGUE: Penny Dreadfuls and the (Almost) Last Gasp of the Gothic