Charles Robert Maturin and the haunting of Irish romantic fiction
A clear, theoretically-grounded, chronological study of Maturin's six novels. A new critical paradigm by which to view and read Irish Romantic fiction. Offers the most comprehensive and up-to-date analysis of Maturin and his fiction available today.
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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Language: | English |
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Manchester, UK :
Manchester University Press,
2017.
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| Series: | Manchester Gothic (Manchester, England).
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| Online Access: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/jj.21996656 |
Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgements<BR>List of Illustrations<BR>Chronology of Maturin's life<BR>Introduction: Spectres of Maturin; or, the ghosts of Irish Romantic fiction<BR>1. Reviving Maturin: the life and works<BR>2.Communing with the dead: the medium and media of Fatal revenge<BR>3. Conjuring Glorvina: The wild Irish boy and the national tale<BR>4.Witnessing the past: the textual ruins of The Milesian chief<BR>5.Narrating history: the burden of words in Women; or pour et contre<BR>6.Paratextual possession: re-reading Melmoth the wanderer<BR>7.Re-thinking Scott's revolution: The Albigenses as historical novel<BR>Conclusion: Room for more: the future for Maturin research<BR>Select bibliography<BR>Index.