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Gothic Romanced

Consumption, Gender and Technology in Contemporary Fictions

Gothic Romanced

Consumption, Gender and Technology in Contemporary Fictions

ByFred Botting
Edition 1st Edition
First Published 2008
eBook Published 23 June 2008
Pub. location London
Imprint Routledge
DOIhttps://doi.org/10.4324/9780203090718
Pages 232 pages
eBook ISBN 9781134106301
SubjectsLanguage & Literature
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Botting, F. (2008). Gothic Romanced. London: Routledge, https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203090718
ABOUT THIS BOOK

The dark, destructive and monstrous elements of gothic fiction have traditionally been seen in opposition to the rose-tinted idealism of Romanticism. In this ground-breaking study, Fred Botting re-evaluates the relationship between the two genres in order to plot the shifting alignments of popular and literary fictions with cultural theories, consumption and representations of science.

Gothic Romanced traces the history of gothic and romantic writings from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries to the present day. It examines the ways in which these genres were aligned with the historical process of modernity – with the Gothic representing the negative aspects of vice and barbarism that accompanied the changing parameters of civilisation, while Romance clung on to traditional values, manners and feelings. The book demonstrates how these genres have evolved together alongside cultural shifts and postmodern theories, blurring the binary between the sacred and the profane.

Botting considers Romance and the Gothic from Mary Shelley, Anne Rice and Alasdair Gray through to Alien and Star Trek. He manages a fluid and extensive exploration of generic boundaries, including gothic fiction, romantic poetry, literary pastiches, popular horror fiction, cyberpunk and science fiction.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |33 pages
Introduction: Romance never dies
View abstract
chapter 1|26 pages
Romance, ruins and the Thing: From the romantic sublime to cybergothic
View abstract
chapter 2|46 pages
Romance consumed: Death, simulation and the vampire
View abstract
chapter 3|25 pages
Poor Things As They Are: Political romance from Gray to Godwin
View abstract
chapter 4|21 pages
Monsters of the imagination: Science, fiction, romance
View abstract
chapter 5|29 pages
Flight of the heroine: From feminised gothic to postfeminist romance
View abstract
chapter 6|26 pages
Resistance is futile: romance and the machine
View abstract

The dark, destructive and monstrous elements of gothic fiction have traditionally been seen in opposition to the rose-tinted idealism of Romanticism. In this ground-breaking study, Fred Botting re-evaluates the relationship between the two genres in order to plot the shifting alignments of popular and literary fictions with cultural theories, consumption and representations of science.

Gothic Romanced traces the history of gothic and romantic writings from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries to the present day. It examines the ways in which these genres were aligned with the historical process of modernity – with the Gothic representing the negative aspects of vice and barbarism that accompanied the changing parameters of civilisation, while Romance clung on to traditional values, manners and feelings. The book demonstrates how these genres have evolved together alongside cultural shifts and postmodern theories, blurring the binary between the sacred and the profane.

Botting considers Romance and the Gothic from Mary Shelley, Anne Rice and Alasdair Gray through to Alien and Star Trek. He manages a fluid and extensive exploration of generic boundaries, including gothic fiction, romantic poetry, literary pastiches, popular horror fiction, cyberpunk and science fiction.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |33 pages
Introduction: Romance never dies
View abstract
chapter 1|26 pages
Romance, ruins and the Thing: From the romantic sublime to cybergothic
View abstract
chapter 2|46 pages
Romance consumed: Death, simulation and the vampire
View abstract
chapter 3|25 pages
Poor Things As They Are: Political romance from Gray to Godwin
View abstract
chapter 4|21 pages
Monsters of the imagination: Science, fiction, romance
View abstract
chapter 5|29 pages
Flight of the heroine: From feminised gothic to postfeminist romance
View abstract
chapter 6|26 pages
Resistance is futile: romance and the machine
View abstract
CONTENTS
ABOUT THIS BOOK

The dark, destructive and monstrous elements of gothic fiction have traditionally been seen in opposition to the rose-tinted idealism of Romanticism. In this ground-breaking study, Fred Botting re-evaluates the relationship between the two genres in order to plot the shifting alignments of popular and literary fictions with cultural theories, consumption and representations of science.

Gothic Romanced traces the history of gothic and romantic writings from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries to the present day. It examines the ways in which these genres were aligned with the historical process of modernity – with the Gothic representing the negative aspects of vice and barbarism that accompanied the changing parameters of civilisation, while Romance clung on to traditional values, manners and feelings. The book demonstrates how these genres have evolved together alongside cultural shifts and postmodern theories, blurring the binary between the sacred and the profane.

Botting considers Romance and the Gothic from Mary Shelley, Anne Rice and Alasdair Gray through to Alien and Star Trek. He manages a fluid and extensive exploration of generic boundaries, including gothic fiction, romantic poetry, literary pastiches, popular horror fiction, cyberpunk and science fiction.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |33 pages
Introduction: Romance never dies
View abstract
chapter 1|26 pages
Romance, ruins and the Thing: From the romantic sublime to cybergothic
View abstract
chapter 2|46 pages
Romance consumed: Death, simulation and the vampire
View abstract
chapter 3|25 pages
Poor Things As They Are: Political romance from Gray to Godwin
View abstract
chapter 4|21 pages
Monsters of the imagination: Science, fiction, romance
View abstract
chapter 5|29 pages
Flight of the heroine: From feminised gothic to postfeminist romance
View abstract
chapter 6|26 pages
Resistance is futile: romance and the machine
View abstract

The dark, destructive and monstrous elements of gothic fiction have traditionally been seen in opposition to the rose-tinted idealism of Romanticism. In this ground-breaking study, Fred Botting re-evaluates the relationship between the two genres in order to plot the shifting alignments of popular and literary fictions with cultural theories, consumption and representations of science.

Gothic Romanced traces the history of gothic and romantic writings from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries to the present day. It examines the ways in which these genres were aligned with the historical process of modernity – with the Gothic representing the negative aspects of vice and barbarism that accompanied the changing parameters of civilisation, while Romance clung on to traditional values, manners and feelings. The book demonstrates how these genres have evolved together alongside cultural shifts and postmodern theories, blurring the binary between the sacred and the profane.

Botting considers Romance and the Gothic from Mary Shelley, Anne Rice and Alasdair Gray through to Alien and Star Trek. He manages a fluid and extensive exploration of generic boundaries, including gothic fiction, romantic poetry, literary pastiches, popular horror fiction, cyberpunk and science fiction.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |33 pages
Introduction: Romance never dies
View abstract
chapter 1|26 pages
Romance, ruins and the Thing: From the romantic sublime to cybergothic
View abstract
chapter 2|46 pages
Romance consumed: Death, simulation and the vampire
View abstract
chapter 3|25 pages
Poor Things As They Are: Political romance from Gray to Godwin
View abstract
chapter 4|21 pages
Monsters of the imagination: Science, fiction, romance
View abstract
chapter 5|29 pages
Flight of the heroine: From feminised gothic to postfeminist romance
View abstract
chapter 6|26 pages
Resistance is futile: romance and the machine
View abstract
ABOUT THIS BOOK
ABOUT THIS BOOK

The dark, destructive and monstrous elements of gothic fiction have traditionally been seen in opposition to the rose-tinted idealism of Romanticism. In this ground-breaking study, Fred Botting re-evaluates the relationship between the two genres in order to plot the shifting alignments of popular and literary fictions with cultural theories, consumption and representations of science.

Gothic Romanced traces the history of gothic and romantic writings from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries to the present day. It examines the ways in which these genres were aligned with the historical process of modernity – with the Gothic representing the negative aspects of vice and barbarism that accompanied the changing parameters of civilisation, while Romance clung on to traditional values, manners and feelings. The book demonstrates how these genres have evolved together alongside cultural shifts and postmodern theories, blurring the binary between the sacred and the profane.

Botting considers Romance and the Gothic from Mary Shelley, Anne Rice and Alasdair Gray through to Alien and Star Trek. He manages a fluid and extensive exploration of generic boundaries, including gothic fiction, romantic poetry, literary pastiches, popular horror fiction, cyberpunk and science fiction.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |33 pages
Introduction: Romance never dies
View abstract
chapter 1|26 pages
Romance, ruins and the Thing: From the romantic sublime to cybergothic
View abstract
chapter 2|46 pages
Romance consumed: Death, simulation and the vampire
View abstract
chapter 3|25 pages
Poor Things As They Are: Political romance from Gray to Godwin
View abstract
chapter 4|21 pages
Monsters of the imagination: Science, fiction, romance
View abstract
chapter 5|29 pages
Flight of the heroine: From feminised gothic to postfeminist romance
View abstract
chapter 6|26 pages
Resistance is futile: romance and the machine
View abstract

The dark, destructive and monstrous elements of gothic fiction have traditionally been seen in opposition to the rose-tinted idealism of Romanticism. In this ground-breaking study, Fred Botting re-evaluates the relationship between the two genres in order to plot the shifting alignments of popular and literary fictions with cultural theories, consumption and representations of science.

Gothic Romanced traces the history of gothic and romantic writings from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries to the present day. It examines the ways in which these genres were aligned with the historical process of modernity – with the Gothic representing the negative aspects of vice and barbarism that accompanied the changing parameters of civilisation, while Romance clung on to traditional values, manners and feelings. The book demonstrates how these genres have evolved together alongside cultural shifts and postmodern theories, blurring the binary between the sacred and the profane.

Botting considers Romance and the Gothic from Mary Shelley, Anne Rice and Alasdair Gray through to Alien and Star Trek. He manages a fluid and extensive exploration of generic boundaries, including gothic fiction, romantic poetry, literary pastiches, popular horror fiction, cyberpunk and science fiction.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |33 pages
Introduction: Romance never dies
View abstract
chapter 1|26 pages
Romance, ruins and the Thing: From the romantic sublime to cybergothic
View abstract
chapter 2|46 pages
Romance consumed: Death, simulation and the vampire
View abstract
chapter 3|25 pages
Poor Things As They Are: Political romance from Gray to Godwin
View abstract
chapter 4|21 pages
Monsters of the imagination: Science, fiction, romance
View abstract
chapter 5|29 pages
Flight of the heroine: From feminised gothic to postfeminist romance
View abstract
chapter 6|26 pages
Resistance is futile: romance and the machine
View abstract
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