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Provides a new account of the emergence of Irish gothic fiction in mid-eighteenth century. This book provides a robustly theorised and thoroughly historicised account of the ‘beginnings’ of Irish gothic fiction, maps the theoretical terrain covered by other critics, and puts forward a new history of the emergence of the genre in Ireland. The main argument the book makes is that the Irish gothic should be read in the context of the split in Irish Anglican public opinion that opened in the 1750s, and seen as a fictional instrument of liberal Anglican opinion in a changing political landscape. By providing a fully historicized account of the beginnings of the genre in Ireland, the book also addresses the theoretical controversies that have bedevilled discussion of the Irish gothic in the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s. The book gives ample space to the critical debate, and rigorously defends a reading of the Irish gothic as an Anglican, Patriot tradition.

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  1. Cover
  2. p. 1
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  1. Half Title, Title Page, Copyright
  2. p. 5
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  1. Contents
  2. p. v
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  1. Acknowledgements
  2. pp. vi-viii
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  1. Introduction Zombieland: From Gothic Ireland to Irish Gothic
  2. pp. 1-33
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  1. Chapter 1. Braindead: Locating the Gothic
  2. pp. 34-78
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  1. Chapter 2. The Creeping Unknown: Re-Making Meaning in the Gothic Novel
  2. pp. 79-105
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  1. Chapter 3. Mad Love: The Adventures of Miss Sophia Berkley and the Politics of Consent
  2. pp. 106-144
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  1. Chapter 4. The Monster Club: Monstrosity, Catholicism and Revising the (1641) Rising
  2. pp. 145-169
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  1. Chapter 5. Undead: Unmaking Monsters in Longsword
  2. pp. 170-203
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  1. Conclusion: Land of the Dead
  2. pp. 204-208
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  1. Bibliography
  2. pp. 209-230
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  1. Index
  2. pp. 231-240
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