Inventing the Gothic Corpse The Thrill of Human Remains in the Eight
Inventing the Gothic Corpse shows how a series of bold experiments in eighteenth-century British realist and Gothic fiction transform the dead body from an instructive icon into a thrill device. For centuries, vivid images of the corpse were used to deliv
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INVENTING THE GOTHIC CORPSE The Thrill of Human Remains in the Eighteenth-Century Novel
Inventing the Gothic Corpse
Yael Shapira
Inventing the Gothic Corpse The Thrill of Human Remains in the Eighteenth-Century Novel
Yael Shapira Department of English Literature and Linguistics Bar-Ilan University Ramat-Gan, Israel
ISBN 978-3-319-76483-2 ISBN 978-3-319-76484-9 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-76484-9 Library of Congress Control Number: 2018943395 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Cover illustration: Anon. The Heiress of the Castle of Morlina; or The domains of Isabella di Rotaldi restored [1802]. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University. Printed on acid-free paper This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by the registered company Springer International Publishing AG part of Springer Nature. The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
For my parents, Ruthie and Itzik Shapira, with love
Acknowledgements
In writing this book, it has been my great blessing to find at every turn not only the intellectual and practical guidance I needed, but the warmth and support of mentors, friends and family. My debts of gratitude are therefore an inseparable mix of the professional and the personal. As supervisors of the dissertation in which this book is rooted, Ruth Ginsburg and Leona Toker encouraged me to pursue the questions that fascinated me most, while teaching me to strive for the highest intellectual standards. That they did so without losing sight of the challenges I faced as the mother of small children makes them the kind of mentors every young scholar—especially a woman—should have; their example is one that I will always try to follow. Dror Wahrman helped this project in mor
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