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The book "Gothic Romanced" by Fred Botting explores the relationship between gothic and romantic genres in literature and how they have evolved over time. It discusses how these genres have been aligned with cultural theories, consumption, and representations of science. The book also examines the historical context of these genres, with Gothic representing the negative aspects of modernity and Romance clinging to traditional values. Botting explores a wide range of works, from Mary Shelley to modern science fiction, and blurs the binary between the sacred and the profane. The book is a comprehensive exploration of gothic and romantic literature and their intersections with cultural shifts and postmodern theories.
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.
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