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The Gothic Body: Sexuality, Materialism, and Degeneration at the Fin de Siècle (Cambridge Studies in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Culture, Series Number 8) by Kelly Hurley is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Gothic Body: Sexuality, Materialism, and Degeneration at the Fin de Siècle (Cambridge Studies in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Culture, Series Number 8) about?
This book accounts for the resurgence of Gothic, and its immense popularity, during the British fin de si?cle. In particular, Kelly Hurley explores a key scenario that haunts the genre: the loss of a unified and stable human identity, and the emergence of a chaotic and transformative ''abhuman'' identity in its place. Gothic is revealed as a highly productive and speculative genre, strongly indebted to nineteenth-century scientific, medical and social theories, including evolutionism, criminal anthropology and degeneration theory.
Who reads The Gothic Body: Sexuality, Materialism, and Degeneration at the Fin de Siècle (Cambridge Studies in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Culture, Series Number 8)?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Kelly Hurley
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press (Virtual Publishing)
- Published
- 2004
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780511519161
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Horror, Literary Fiction, History
- Rating
- 4.12 / 5 (27 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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