The Gothic Novel and the Stage: Romantic Appropriations

By Francesca Saggini

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367875942
• ISBN13: 9780367875947
• Release Date: December 2019
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 299 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"