The Gothic Novel and the Stage
Romantic Appropriations
Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, British
| Author: | Francesca Saggini | ISBN: | 9781317319504 |
| Publisher: | Taylor and Francis | Publication: | August 12, 2015 |
| Imprint: | Routledge | Language: | English |
| Author: | Francesca Saggini |
| ISBN: | 9781317319504 |
| Publisher: | Taylor and Francis |
| Publication: | August 12, 2015 |
| Imprint: | Routledge |
| Language: | English |
In this ground-breaking study Saggini explores the relationship between the late eighteenth-century novel and the theatre, arguing that the implicit theatricality of the Gothic novel made it an obvious source from which dramatists could take ideas. Similarly, elements of the theatre provided inspiration to novelists.
In this ground-breaking study Saggini explores the relationship between the late eighteenth-century novel and the theatre, arguing that the implicit theatricality of the Gothic novel made it an obvious source from which dramatists could take ideas. Similarly, elements of the theatre provided inspiration to novelists.
