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100 1 $aClery, E. J.
245 14 $aThe rise of supernatural fiction, 1762-1800 /$cE.J. Clery.
250 $a1st pbk. ed.
260 $aCambridge ;$aNew York :$bCambridge University Press,$c1999.
300 $axii, 222 pages :$billustrations ;$c23 cm.
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490 1 $aCambridge studies in romanticism ;$v12
500 $aOriginally published in 1995.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 206-217) and index.
505 0 $apt. I. Techniques of Ghost-Seeing -- 1. The case of the Cock Lane ghost -- 2. Producing enthusiastic terror -- pt. II. The Business of Romance -- 3. The advantages of history -- 4. Back to the future -- 5. The value of the supernatural in a commercial society -- pt. III. The Strange Luxury of Artificial Terror -- 6. Women, luxury and the sublime -- 7. The supernatural explained -- 8. Like a heroine -- pt. IV. Magico-Political Tales -- 9. The terrorist system -- 10. Conspiracy, subversion, supernaturalism.
520 1 $a"A genre of supernatural fiction was among the more improbable products of the Age of Enlightenment, but produced a string of bestsellers. E.J. Clery's original and historically sensitive account charts the troubled entry of the supernatural into fiction, and examines the reasons for its growing popularity in the late eighteenth century. Beginning with the notorious case of the Cock Lane ghost, a performing poltergeist who became a major attraction in the London of 1762, and with Garrick's spell-binding performance as the ghost-seeing Hamlet, it moves on to look at the Gothic novels of Horace Walpole, Ann Radcliffe, M.G. Lewis and others, in unexpected new lights. The central insight emerging from the rich resources of Clery's research concerns the connection between fictions of the supernatural and the growth of consumerism. Not only are ghost stories successful commodities in the rapidly commercialising book market, they are also considered here as reflections on the disruptive effects of this socio-economic transformation. In providing a newly detailed context for the rise of supernatural fiction, Clery's work will change our view of its dramatic role - as much commercial as creative - in the movement from Enlightenment to Romanticism."--Jacket.
650 0 $aSupernatural in literature.
650 0 $aGothic revival (Literature)$zGreat Britain.
650 0 $aHorrortales, English$xHistory and criticism.
650 0 $aGhost stories, English$xHistory and criticism.
650 0 $aEnglish fiction$y18th century$xHistory and criticism.
650 0 $aHorror tales, English$xHistory and criticism.
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650 0 $aLiterature and society$zGreat Britain$xHistory$y18th century.
650 0 $aLiterature publishing$zGreat Britain$xHistory$y18th century.
650 6 $aSurnaturel dans la littérature.
650 6 $aLittérature frénétique$zGrande-Bretagne.
650 6 $aRoman anglais$y18e siècle$xHistoire et critique.
650 6 $aRécits d'horreur anglais$xHistoire et critique.
650 6 $aLittérature et société$zGrande-Bretagne$xHistoire$y18e siècle.
650 7 $aEnglish fiction.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00910817
650 7 $aGhost stories, English.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00942411
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650 7 $aSupernatural in literature.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01138966
651 7 $aGreat Britain.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01204623
650 7 $aSchauerroman$2gnd
651 7 $aEnglisch.$2swd
648 7 $a1700-1799$2fast
648 7 $aGeschichte 1762-1800.$2swd
655 7 $aCriticism, interpretation, etc.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01411635
655 7 $aHistory.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01411628
830 0 $aCambridge studies in Romanticism ;$v12.
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