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Gothic Novel and the Stage

by Francesca Saggini

Gothic fiction (literary genre), history and criticismDrama, history and criticism, 18th centuryEnglish fictionHistory and criticismGothic fiction (Literary genre)AdaptationsEnglish Horror talesTheater

"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."--Provided by publisher.

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