Includes bibliographical references (pages 176-181) and index.
Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Thresholds -- Fictions of Origin -- 'Written in the Black Letter': The Gothic and/in the Rule of Law -- Spectres of Law in The Castle of Otranto -- Clara Reeve and the Problem of Romance -- The Law's Gothic Space: Sophia Lee's The Recess -- A Maternal Tale Unfolds: Radcliffean Gothic -- A Supplement: Gaston de Blondeville -- Before the Law: Godwin's Caleb Williams -- In Excess: St Leon and Melmoth the Wanderer -- Conclusion: Frankenstein -- Reproducing the Gothic.
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This work identifies not only a political and cultural, but also an ontological relation between what critics have conceptualised as 'Gothic' and the nature and function of modern juridical power. It represents a highly significant contribution to Gothic criticism and to law and literature scholarship.
English fiction-- 18th century-- History and criticism.
English fiction-- 19th century-- History and criticism.