Title The Gothic Body : Sexuality, Materialism, and Degeneration at the Fin de Siècle.

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Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1996.

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Description	1 online resource (218 pages).
	text file
Series	Cambridge Studies in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Culture
	Cambridge studies in nineteenth-century literature and culture.
Contents	Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Detication; Contents; Acknowledgments; INTRODUCTION; The abhuman; Metaphysical estrangement; PART I: THE GOTHIC MATERIAL WORLD; 1 The revenge of matter; 2 Symptomatic readings; PART II GOTHIC BODIES; 3 Evolutionism and the loss of human specificity; 4 Entropic bodies; 4.1 Degenerate sub-species; 4.2 Abjecting whiteness: H.G. Wells' The Time Machine; 5 Chaotic bodies; 5.1 The body as palimpsest; 5.2 ""Generalized animalism"": Wells' The Island of Dr. Moreau; PART III: GOTHIC SEXUALITIES; 6 Uncanny female interiors.
	6.1 ""The inner chambers of all nameless sin"": Richard Marsh's The Beetle7 Abjected masculinities; AFTERWORD; 8 Narrative chaos; 8.1 The Three Imposters: Arthur Machen's urban chaosmos; Notes; Works cited; Index.
Summary	The popularity of the Gothic in the British fin de siècle, and its links with scientific and social theories.
Local Note	eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject	English fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
	English fiction.
Chronological Term	19th century
Subject	Gothic revival (Literature) -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
	Gothic revival (Literature)
	Great Britain.
	History.
	Literature and society -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
	Literature and society.
	Literature and science -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
	Literature and science.
	Horror tales, English -- History and criticism.
	Horror tales, English.
	Degeneration in literature.
	Degeneration in literature.
	Human body in literature.
	Human body in literature.
	Materialism in literature.
	Materialism in literature.
	Sex in literature.
	Sex in literature.
Chronological Term	1800 - 1899
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
	Criticism, interpretation, etc.
	History.
Other Form:	Print version: Hurley, Kelly. Gothic Body : Sexuality, Materialism, and Degeneration at the Fin de Siècle. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, ©1996 9780521552592
ISBN	9781107781160
	1107781167
	9781107784369
	1107784360
	9780511821011
	0511821018
	0521552591
	9780521552592
	0521607116

Title The Gothic Body : Sexuality, Materialism, and Degeneration at the Fin de Siècle.

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