Classic Horror: A Historical Exploration of Literature
byAnne DeLong is associate professor of English at Kutztown University.
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A valuable resource for readers exploring the classic horror genre, this book presents primary source documents alongside analysis in an examination of the social, political, and economic factors reflected in nineteenth-century Gothic literature.
• Reveals truths and falsities about four major works of classic horror with regard to their historical context• Provides excerpts from primary source documents
• Places the literary works in their broader chronological context through use of a timeline
• Discusses the historical currents of the nineteenth century in an introductory essay
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Table of Contents
Classic Horror: A Historical Exploration of Literature
Author(s): DeLong, Anne;Contributors: DeLong, Anne;Abstract:A valuable resource for readers exploring the classic horror genre, this book presents primary source documents alongside analysis in an examination of the social, political, and economic factors reflected in nineteenth-century Gothic literature.
• Reveals truths and falsities about four major works of classic horror with regard to their historical context• Provides excerpts from primary source documents
• Places the literary works in their broader chronological context through use of a timeline
• Discusses the historical currents of the nineteenth century in an introductory essay
SortTitle: classic horror: a historical exploration of literatureAuthor Info:Anne DeLongauthorAnne DeLong is associate professor of English at Kutztown University.
eISBN-13: 9781440858437Cover Image URL: ~~FreeAttachments/9781440858437.jpgPrint ISBN-13: 9781440858420Imprint: GreenwoodPages: 272Publication Date: 20180630Series: Historical Explorations of Literature- Cover Cover11
- Half Title i12
- Title iii14
- Copyright iv15
- Dedication v16
- Contents vii18
- Series Foreword xiii114
- Acknowledgments xv116
- Introduction and Background xvii118
- Chronology xxiii124
- 1 "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" (Samuel Taylor Coleridge, 1798) 1132
- Historical Explorations of "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" 13144
- Documenting "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner 21152
- British Imperialism and Arctic Exploration 21152
- Document: Captain George Shelvocke, A Voyage Round the World by Way of the Great South Sea (1726) 23154
- Document: W. Ellis, An Authentic Narrative of a Voyage Performed by Captain Cook and Captain Clerke, in His Majesty's Ships Resolution and Discovery, during the Years 1776, 1777, 1778, 1789, and 1780 (1783) 24155
- Document: Captain James Cook, A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean (1793) 25156
- Document: Robert Southey, "The Sailor, Who Had Served in the Slave Trade" (1798) 27158
- Morality and Environmentalism 30161
- Document: Jeremy Bentham, An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation (1789) 32163
- Document: William Bartram, Travels through North & South Carolina, Georgia, East & West Florida, the Cherokee Country, the Extensive Territories of the Muscogulges, or Creek Confederacy, and the Country of the Chactaws; Containing an Account of the Soil and Natural Productions of Those Regions, Together with Observations on the Manners of the Indians (1791) 33164
- Document: Joseph Ritson, An Essay on Abstinence from Animal Food: As a Moral Duty (1802) 37168
- Document: Ernst Haeckel, Principles of General Morphology of Organisms (1866) 39170
- Document: Ernst Haeckel, "Proofs of the Truth of the Theory of Descent," in The History of Creation: Or, The Development of the Earth and Its Inhabitants by the Action of Natural Causes, Volume II (1887) 40171
- Suggested Readings 41172
- 2 Frankenstein (Mary Shelley, 1818) 45176
- Historical Explorations of Frankenstein 58189
- Documenting Frankenstein 65196
- Lightning Strikes: Harnessing the Power 65196
- Document: Benjamin Franklin, Experiments and Observations on Electiicity (1752) 66197
- Document: Joseph Priestley, The History and Present State of Electricity (1767) 67198
- Document: Richard Fowler, Experiments and Observations Relative to the Influence Lately Discovered by M. Galvani, and Commonly Called Animal Electricity (1793) 721103
- Stolen Corpses: Body Snatchers, Grave Robbers, and Resurrection Men 741105
- Document: John Aldini, An Account of the Late Improvements in Galvanism; with a Series of Curious and Interesting Experiments Performed before the Commissioners of the French National Institute and Repeated Lately in the Anatomical Theatres of London; to Which Is Added, an Appendix, Containing the Author's Experiments on the Body of a Malefactor Executed at Newgate (1803) 761107
- Document: James Blake Bailey, The Diary of a Resurrectionist, 1811-1812, to Which Was Added an Account of the Resurrection Men in London and a Short History of the Passing of the Anatomy Act (1896) 831114
- The Spark of Life: The Vitalist Debate 891120
- Suggested Readings 981129
- 3 The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Robert Louis Stevenson, 1886) 1011132
- Historical Explorations of The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde 1121143
- Documenting The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde 1191150
- The Dark Double Within: Psychology, Dreams, and the Doppelgänger 1191150
- Document: James Cowles Prichard, A Treatise on Insanity and Other Disorders Affecting the Mind (1837) 1211152
- Document: Henry Maudsley, The Physiology and Pathology of the Mind (1872) 1221153
- Document: Henry Maudsley, Responsibility in Mental Disease (1900) 1231154
- Document: William James, Review of Human Personality and Its Survival of Bodily Death (1903) 1251156
- Altered States: Drug Use and Addiction 1271158
- Document: Thomas Trotter, An Essay, Medical, Philosophical, and Chemical, on Drunkenness and Its Effects on the Human Body (1813) 1291160
- Document: "Effects on the Practice of Opium Eating" (Mr. Mart on Opium-Eating/To the Editor of The Lancet) (1832) 1311162
- Document: "Opium Eating," The Lancet (October 7, 1835) 1341165
- Document: "The Effects of Opium-Eating," The Spectator (July 3, 1875) 1351166
- Racial Profiling: Physiognomy and Criminology 1391170
- Suggested Readings 1521183
- 4 Dracula (Bram Stoker, 1897) 1551186
- Historical Explorations of Dracula 1671198
- Documenting Dracula 1761207
- Mind Games: Mesmerism, Hypnosis, and Telepathy 1761207
- Document: W.H. Rodgers, Facts in Magnetism, Mesmerism, Somnambulism, Fascination, Hypnotism, Sycodonamy, Etherology, Pathetism, &c., Explained and Illustrated (1849) 1781209
- Document: James Esdaile, Natural and Mesmeric Clairvoyance (1852) 1791210
- Document: William Benjamin Carpenter, Mesmerism, Spiritualism, &c., Historically & Scientifically Considered, Being Two Lectures Delivered at the London Institution, with Preface and Appendix (1877) 1831214
- The Science of Vampires: Contagion, Evolution, and Degeneration 1881219
- Document: Thomas Percival, Medical Ethics; Or, a Code of Institutes and Precepts, Adapted to the Professional Conduct of Physicians and Surgeons (1803) 1901221
- Document: Johann Gaspar Spurzheim, Phrenology, Or, the Doctrine of the Mind: And of the Relations between Its Manifestations and the Body (1825) 1921223
- Document: Sir Edwin Ray Lankester, Degeneration: A Chapter in Darwinism (1880) 1931224
- Document: Timothy Holmes, ed., A System of Surgery, Theoretical and Practical in Treatises by Various Authors (1881) 1941225
- Document: Louis Pasteur, The Germ Theory and Its Applications to Medicine and Surgery (1909-1914) 1971228
- The Eastern European "Other": Immigration and Fears of Social Contamination 1981229
- Vampiric Communication: The Growth of Technology 2081239
- Suggested Readings 2211252
- Index 2251256