Gothic Modernisms

This is the first full-length exploration of the relationship between Gothic fiction and Modernism in fiction and film. The Gothic's fascination with images of the fragmented self is echoed in the Modernist concern with the psyche and the paranoia of the everyday. The contributors explore how the Gothic influences arange of writers including James Joyce, D. H. Lawrence, Virginia Woolf, May Sinclair, Elizabeth Bowen, and Djuna Barnes.

This is the first full-length exploration of the relationship between Gothic fiction and Modernism in fiction and film. The Gothic's fascination with images of the fragmented self is echoed in the Modernist concern with the psyche and the paranoia of the everyday. The contributors explore how the Gothic influences arange of writers including James Joyce, D. H. Lawrence, Virginia Woolf, May Sinclair, Elizabeth Bowen, and Djuna Barnes.

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Smith and Wallace (both lecturers in English, U. of Glamorgan) present 12 commissioned essays that explore the links and influences between Gothic texts and modernist books and movies. They argue that the two movements, despite their obvious differences, are fascinated with the potential erosion of moral value in everyday life. In the essays, Conrad's and Ford Madox Ford's are compared, the similarities of Virginia Woolf and May Sinclair are examined, the use of Gothic transformation in Djuna Barnes' is explored, and the Gothic elements in Fritz Lang's is discussed. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Andrew Smith and Jeff Wallace are both Senior Lecturers of English Studies at the University of Glamorgan.