"Fine old castles" and "pull-me-down works" : architecture, politics, and gender in the Gothic novel of the 1790s
This thesis examines the way in which four women writers of the 1790s appropriated the architectural metaphors of the Revolution debate in their Gothic novels. By transforming the political metaphor of the Gothic building into a material environment in their writing, this thesis argues that Charlott...
Main Author: | Smith, Candice |
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University of Aberdeen
2014
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Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.600116 |
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