De Quincey's Gothic masquerade /

"De Quincey's GothicMasquerade is what has long been needed, a study of Thomas De Quincey's Gothicand Gothic-related texts by a Germanist working on Gothicand specializing in Anglo-German literary relations. Addressed to all who are interested in De Quincey's work and its place i...

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Main Author: Bridgwater, Patrick
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; New York : Rodopi, 2004
Amsterdam ; New York, NY : 2004
Amsterdam ; New York, NY : 2004
Series:Internationale Forschungen zur allgemeinen und vergleichenden Literaturwissenschaft, 80
Internationale Forschungen zur allgemeinen und vergleichenden Literaturwissenschaft ; 80
Internationale Forschungen zur allgemeinen und vergleichenden Literaturwissenschaft 80
Internationale Forschungen zur allgemeinen und vergleichenden Literaturwissenschaft 80
Internationale Forschungen zur allgemeinen und vergleichenden Literaturwissenschaft 80
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Table of Contents:
  • 1 Early Gothic Reading 11
  • 1.1 Infant Literature 11
  • 1.2 Thomas de Quincey and Charles de Moor 16
  • 1.3 Teenage Gothic Reading 20
  • 2 Teutophilia 28
  • 2.1 Oxford, van Haren and Schwartzburg 28
  • 2.2 J. H. Bohte 37
  • 3 Translations from the German 46
  • 3.1 Gillies's German Stories 46
  • 3.2 De Quincey's Translations 53
  • 3.2.1 The Sport of Fortune (1821) 54
  • 3.2.2 The Fatal Marksman (1823) 55
  • 3.2.3 Mr. Schnackenberger, The Dice, The King of Hayti (1823); The Incognito, The Defier of Ghosts (1824) 56
  • 3.2.4 The Love-Charm (1825) 58
  • 4 De Quincey and Gothic 60
  • 4.1 Gothic 60
  • 4.2 De Quincey's Gothic 63
  • 4.3 De Quincey and The Devil's Elixir 74
  • 5 Dream-Texts 80
  • 5.1 Confessions of an English Opium-Eater (1822) 85
  • 5.2 Suspira de Profundis (1845-) 89
  • 5.3 The English Mail-Coach (1849) 92
  • 6 Essays 94
  • 6.1 Historico-Critical Inquiry into the Origin of the Rosicrucians (1824) and Secret Societies (1847) 94
  • 6.2 On Murder Considered as one of the Fine Arts (1827) 99
  • 7 Rifacimenti 105
  • 7.1 De Quincey, Gillies and rifacimento 105
  • 7.2 The Somnambulist (1824) 108
  • 7.3 Niels Klim's Journey to the World Under-Ground (1822-28) 108
  • 7.4 Walladmor (1825) 110
  • 7.4.1 The German Walladmor 110
  • 7.4.2 De Quincey's view of the German Walladmor 115
  • 7.4.3 The German Walladmor as Gothic Novel 118
  • 7.4.4 De Quincey's Walladmor (1825) 121
  • 7.4.5 Walladmor as Gothic Novel 124
  • 7.5 Schloss Avalon (1827) 127
  • 7.6 The Spanish Military Nun (1847-54) 129
  • 8 Fictions 131
  • 8.1 The Stranger's Grave (1823) 134
  • 8.2 The Peasant of Portugal (1827) and The Cacadore (1828) 136
  • 8.3 Klosterheim (1832) 137
  • 8.4 The Household Wreck (1838) 148
  • 8.5 The Avenger (1838) 151
  • 9 De Quincey and Kafka 157
  • 1 Early Gothicreading
  • Infant literature
  • Thomas de Quincey and Charles de Moor
  • Teenage Gothicreading
  • 2. Teutophilia
  • Oxford, van Haren and Schwartzburg
  • J. H. Bohte
  • 3. Translations from the German
  • Gillies's German stories
  • De Quincey's translations
  • The sport of fortune (1821)
  • The fatal Marksman (1823)
  • Mr. Schnackenberger, The dice, The King of Hayti (1823) ; The incognito, The defier of ghosts (1824)
  • The love-charm (1825)
  • 4. De Quincey and gothic
  • Gothic
  • De Quincey's gothic
  • De Quincey and The Devil's elixir
  • 5. Dream-texts
  • Confessions of an English opium-eater (1822)
  • Suspira de Profundis (1845-)
  • The English mail-coach (1849)
  • 6. Essays
  • Historico-critical inquiry into the origin of the Rosicrucians (1824) and secret societies (1847)
  • On murder considered as one of the fine arts (1827)
  • 7. Rifacimenti
  • De Quincey, Gillies and rifacimento
  • The somnambulist (1824)
  • Niels Klim's journey to the world under-ground (1822-28)
  • Walladmor (1825)
  • The German Walladmor
  • De Quincey's view of the German Walladmor
  • The German Walladmor as Gothicnovel
  • De Quincey's Walladmor (1825)
  • Walladmor as Gothicnovel
  • Schloss Avalon (1827)
  • The Spanish military nun (1847-54)
  • 8. Fictions
  • The stranger's grave (1823)
  • The peasant of Portugal (1827) and The Cacadore (1828)
  • Klosterheim (1832)
  • The household wreck (1838)
  • The avenger (1838)
  • 9. De Quincey and Kafka.
  • 1 Early Gothicreading
  • Infant literature
  • Thomas de Quincey and Charles de Moor
  • Teenage Gothicreading
  • 2. Teutophilia
  • Oxford, van Haren and Schwartzburg
  • J. H. Bohte
  • 3. Translations from the German
  • Gillies's German stories
  • De Quincey's translations
  • sport of fortune (1821)
  • fatal Marksman (1823)
  • Mr. Schnackenberger, The dice, The King of Hayti (1823) ; The incognito, The defier of ghosts (1824)
  • love-charm (1825)
  • 4. De Quincey and gothic
  • Gothic
  • De Quincey's gothic
  • De Quincey and The Devil's elixir
  • 5. Dream-texts
  • Confessions of an English opium-eater (1822)
  • Suspira de Profundis (1845-)
  • English mail-coach (1849)
  • 6. Essays
  • Historico-critical inquiry into the origin of the Rosicrucians (1824) and secret societies (1847)
  • On murder considered as one of the fine arts (1827)
  • 7. Rifacimenti
  • De Quincey, Gillies and rifacimento
  • somnambulist (1824)
  • Niels Klim's journey to the world under-ground (1822-28)
  • Walladmor (1825)
  • German Walladmor
  • De Quincey's view of the German Walladmor
  • German Walladmor as Gothicnovel
  • De Quincey's Walladmor (1825)
  • Walladmor as Gothicnovel
  • Schloss Avalon (1827)
  • Spanish military nun (1847-54)
  • 8. Fictions
  • stranger's grave (1823)
  • peasant of Portugal (1827) and The Cacadore (1828)
  • Klosterheim (1832)
  • household wreck (1838)
  • avenger (1838)
  • 9. De Quincey and Kafka.