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The rise of supernatural fiction, 1762-1800 /

052145316X

9780521453165

b797970

The rise of supernatural fiction, 1762-1800 /

[Book]

E.J. Clery.

New York :

Cambridge University Press,

1995.

xii, 222 pages :

illustrations ;

24 cm.

Cambridge studies in Romanticism ;

12

Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-217) and index.

pt. I. Techniques of Ghost-Seeing. 1. The case of the Cock Lane ghost. 2. Producing enthusiastic terror -- pt. II. The Business of Romance. 3. The advantages of history. 4. Back to the future. 5. The value of the supernatural in a commercial society -- pt. III. The Strange Luxury of Artificial Terror. 6. Women, luxury and the sublime. 7. The supernatural explained. 8. Like a heroine -- pt. IV. Magico-Political Tales. 9. The terrorist system. 10. Conspiracy, subversion, supernaturalism.

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A genre of supernatural fiction was among the more improbable products of the Age of Enlightenment, but produced a string of bestsellers. E.J. Clery's original and historically sensitive account charts the troubled entry of the supernatural into fiction, and examines the 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 the London of 1762, and with Garrick's spell-binding performance as the ghost-seeing Hamlet, it moves on to look at the Gothic novels of Horace Walpole, Ann Radcliffe, M.G. Lewis and others, in unexpected new lights. The central insight emerging from the rich resources of Clery's research concerns the connection between fictions of the supernatural and the growth of consumerism.

Not only are ghost stories successful commodities in the rapidly commercialising book market, they are also considered here as reflections on the disruptive effects of this socio-economic transformation. In providing a newly detailed context for the rise of supernatural fiction, Clery's work will change our view of its dramatic role - as much commercial as creative - in the movement from Enlightenment to Romanticism.

English fiction-- 18th century-- History and criticism.

Ghost stories, English-- History and criticism.

Gothic revival (Literature)-- Great Britain-- History-- 18th century.

Horror tales, English-- History and criticism.

Literature and society-- Great Britain-- History-- 18th century.

Literature publishing-- Great Britain-- History-- 18th century.

Supernatural in literature.

English fiction-- 18th century-- History and criticism.

Supernatural in literature.

Literature and society-- Great Britain-- History-- 18th century.

Ghost stories, English-- History and criticism.

Histoires de fantômes anglaises-- Histoire et critique.

Littérature-- Édition-- Grande-Bretagne-- Histoire-- 18e siècle.

Littérature et société-- Grande-Bretagne-- Histoire-- 18e siècle.

Récits d'horreur anglais-- Histoire et critique.

Roman anglais-- 18e siècle-- Histoire et critique.

Roman noir (Genre littéraire)-- Grande-Bretagne-- Histoire-- 18e siècle.

Surnaturel dans la littérature.

Engels.

English fiction-- 18th century-- History and criticism.

English fiction.

Epouvante dans la littérature.

Fantômes-- Dans la littérature.

Ghost stories, English-- History and criticism.

Ghost stories, English.

Gothic novel.

Gothic revival (Literature)

Gothic revival (Literature)-- Great Britain.

Griezelverhalen.

Horror tales, English-- History and criticism.

Horror tales, English.

Letterkunde.

Literature and society-- Great Britain-- History-- 18th century.

Literature and society.

Literature publishing-- Great Britain-- History-- 18th century.

Literature publishing.

Littérature d'épouvante anglaise-- 18e siècle-- Histoire et critique.

Littérature fantastique anglaise-- 18e siècle-- Histoire et critique.

Littérature fantastique anglaise-- 18e siècle.

Merveilleux (littérature)

Roman anglais-- 18e siècle-- Histoire et critique.

Roman gothique-- Grande-Bretagne.

Supernatural in literature.

Supernatural in literature.

Great Britain.

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