Degeneration, Normativity and the Gothic at the Fin de Siècle
Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, British
| Author: | S. Karschay | ISBN: | 9781137450333 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan UK | Publication: | January 6, 2015 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan | Language: | English |
| Author: | S. Karschay |
| ISBN: | 9781137450333 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan UK |
| Publication: | January 6, 2015 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Language: | English |
This exciting new study looks at degeneration and deviance in nineteenth-century science and late-Victorian Gothic fiction. The questions it raises are as relevant today as they were at the nineteenth century's fin de siecle: What constitutes the norm from which a deviation has occurred? What exactly does it mean to be 'normal' or 'abnormal'?
This exciting new study looks at degeneration and deviance in nineteenth-century science and late-Victorian Gothic fiction. The questions it raises are as relevant today as they were at the nineteenth century's fin de siecle: What constitutes the norm from which a deviation has occurred? What exactly does it mean to be 'normal' or 'abnormal'?
