Servants and the Gothic, 1764-1831

Kathleen Hudson

Description

This volume provides readers with a comprehensive literary and historical basis for understanding servant characters and servant narratives in the early Gothic mode. Throughout the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, servants were ‘othered’ figures whose voices had the potential to undermine socio-political and personal identity. This study recasts servant characters within the early Gothic mode as ‘narrators’ who verbally or non-verbally perform dialogue, moral insights and folkloric or gossip-based stories. Examining the development of servant narrative within the early Gothic mode, Servants and the Gothic outlines the socio-historical and literary influences which defined the servant voice during the eighteenth century, as well as identifying and expanding upon the ways in which servant narratives contributed to each author’s unique goals. It redefines servant narratives as a Gothic ‘performance’, a self-conscious self-examination of the ways in which a Gothic narrative impacts literary, social and personal identity.

Introduction: Domestic invasion: A portrait of the Gothic servant narrator
Chapter One: Servant narrative and ‘new romance’
Chapter Two: Gothic Servants and socio-political identity
Chapter Three: Gothic spectacle and the ‘performing’ servant
Chapter Four: Redefining Gothic servants
Conclusion Mastering the Gothic servant narrative
Notes
Bibliography

Sujets

• Literary Criticism
• Romance
• Gothic

Informations

• Publié par: University of Wales Press
• Date de parution: 14 décembre 2018
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781786833402
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 4 Mo

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SERVANTS AND THE GOTHïC, 764–83

SERïES PR EFACE Gôhîç îérary Suîéŝ îŝ éîçaé ô pubîŝhî rôubréaî ŝçhôarŝhîp ô Gôhîç î îérauré a I.Thé Gôhîç, hîçh haŝ béé ŝubjéçé ô a varîéy ô çrîîça a héôréîça apprôaçhéŝ, îŝ a ôr hîçh payŝ a îpôra rôé î ôur uérŝaî ô îérary, îééçua a çuura hîŝôrîéŝ. Thé ŝérîéŝ ŝééŝ ô prôôé çhaéî a îôvaîvé apprôaçhéŝ ô Gôhîç hîçh quéŝîô ay aŝpéç ô hé Gôhîç raîîô ôr pérçéîvé çrîîça ôrhôôxy.Vôuéŝ î hé ŝérîéŝ éxpôré hô îŝŝuéŝ ŝuçh aŝ éér, réîîô, aîô a ŝéxuaîy havé ŝhapé ôur vîé ô hé Gôhîç raîîô.Bôh açaéîçay rîôrôuŝ a îôré by hé aéŝ évéôpéŝ î çrîîça héôry, hé ŝérîéŝ prôvîéŝ a îpôra ôçuŝ ôr ŝçhôary évéôpéŝ î Gôhîç ŝuîéŝ, îérary ŝuîéŝ, çuura ŝuîéŝ a çrîîça héôry. Thé ŝérîéŝ î bé ô îéréŝ ô ŝuéŝ ô a évéŝ a ô ŝçhôarŝ a éaçhérŝ ô hé Gôhîç a îérary a çuura hîŝôrîéŝ.

SERïES EDïTORS Aré Sîh, Uîvérŝîy ô Shéié Béjaî F. Fîŝhér, Uîvérŝîy ô Mîŝŝîŝŝîppî

EDïTORïA BOARD Ké juquîŝ, Wôrçéŝér Pôyéçhîç ïŝîué Maŝŝaçhuŝéŝ Rîçhar Fuŝçô, S Jôŝéph’ŝ Uîvérŝîy, Phîaéphîa Davî Puér, Uîvérŝîy ô Brîŝô Chrîŝ Baîç, Uîvérŝîy ô ôô Aéa Wrîh, Uîvérŝîy ô Shéié Jérrô E. Hôé, Uîvérŝîy ô Arîzôa

Servants and the Gothîc, 1764–1831

A ha-ô aé

Katheen Hudson

UNïVERSïTY OF WAES PRESS 2019

© Kahéé Huŝô, 

A rîhŝ réŝérvé. Nô par ô hîŝ bôô ay bé réprôuçé î ay aérîa ôr (îçuî phôôçôpyî ôr ŝôrî î î ay éîu by ééçrôîç éaŝ a héhér ôr ô raŝîéy ôr îçîéay ô ŝôé ôhér uŝé ô hîŝ pubîçaîô) îhôu hé rîé pérîŝŝîô ô hé çôpyrîh ôér éxçép î aççôraçé îh hé prôvîŝîôŝ ô hé Côpyrîh, Déŝîŝ a Paéŝ Aç. Appîçaîôŝ ôr hé çôpyrîh ôér’ŝ rîé pérîŝŝîô ô réprôuçé ay par ô hîŝ pubîçaîô ŝhôu bé aréŝŝé ô hé Uîvérŝîy ô Waéŝ Préŝŝ, Uîvérŝîy Réîŝry, Kî Ear Vïï Avéué, Carîf, CF 3NS.

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Contents

Açôéééŝ ïrôuçîô: Dôéŝîç ïvaŝîô:  A Pôrraî ô hé Gôhîç Sérva Narraôr  Sérva Narraîvé a ‘é rôaçé’  Gôhîç Sérvaŝ a Sôçîôpôîîça ïéîy 3 Gôhîç Spéçaçé a hé Pérôrî Sérva 4 RééIî Gôhîç Sérvaŝ Côçuŝîô: Maŝérî hé Gôhîç Sérva Narraîvé

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Acknowedgements

ï ôu îé ô ha Prôéŝŝôr Aéa Wrîh a Prôéŝŝôr Jôé Bray ôr ŝupérvîŝî y ôrîîa réŝéarçh ô hîŝ ôpîç hîé ï aŝ a pôŝrauaé hé Uîvérŝîy ô Shéié. ï ôu aŝô îé ô ha hé Eîŝh Déparé a hé Uîvérŝîy ô Shéié ôr aççô- ôaî y ôr a ôr prôvîî é îh hé réŝôurçéŝ ééé ô çôpéé y Irŝ raŝ ô hîŝ auŝçrîp. Spéçîa haŝ ô Prôéŝŝôr Aré Sîh ôr éçôuraî hé ôrîîa ŝubîŝŝîô ô hîŝ ôr ô Uîvérŝîy ô Waéŝ Préŝŝ, a ôr hîŝ çôîué uîaçé a ŝuppôr hrôuhôu hé rîî a pubîçaîô prôçéŝŝ. Thaŝ ô hé Shéié Gôhîç rôup ôr béî a aazîy ŝuppôrîvé çôuîy a ôr prôvîî évéryhî rô réaî réçôéaîôŝ ô éîôrîa îpu ô ôra ŝuppôr. Tha yôu Jô, Sarah, Darré,Tô a Aî ôr yôur éxraôrîary rîéŝhîp. A Iay, bu ôŝ îpôray, ha yôu ô Mô, Da, Mîé a Sa ôr îvî é hé çôuraé a rîvé, ô ô éîô hé îîôŝ ô ŝaér bu ô éŝŝ îpôra ôéŝ ô ôvé, ééé ô uéraé hîŝ prôjéç î hé Irŝ paçé a ô ŝéé î hrôuh ô îŝ çôpéîô.