The Rise of Supernatural Fiction, 1762-1800

(Part of the Cambridge Studies in Romanticism Series)

by E.J. Clery

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A genre of supernatural fiction was among the more improbable products of the Age of Enlightenment. This book charts the troubled entry of the supernatural into fiction, and questions the historical reasons for its growing popularity in the late eighteenth century. Beginning with the notorious case of the Cock Lane ghost, a performing poltergeist who became a major attraction in London in 1762, and with Garrick's spellbinding and paradigmatic performance...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0521664586

ISBN13:9780521664585

Release Date:August 1999

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Length:240 Pages

Weight:0.85 lbs.

Dimensions:1.4" x 6.8" x 9.2"

Related Subjects

Criticism & Theory Gothic & Romantic History & Criticism Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Literature & Fiction Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Movements & Periods

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