Miscellaneous Quotes Flashcards
Who wrote Victorian Hauntings?
Julian Wolfreys.
What’s some reasoning behind Julian Wolfrey’s idea that books are inherently spectral?
Texts as ‘a spiritual medium’ through which voices of dead authors speak to us.
What phrase does Julian Wolfreys use to describe the idea that dead authors speak through books?
A text is ‘a spiritual medium’.
Who suggested that the gothic genre itself is ‘spectralized’?
Julian Wolfreys
What dates did the Gothic Range?
1764 (Castle of Otranto)
1820 (Frankenstein)
But fluxes in popularity ever since.
Echoes in lit that I’m studying.
The genre itself is spectralized, haunts texts
In what way can the gothic genre be considered ‘spectralized’ (Julian Wolfreys)?
Ran between 1764 and 1820, yet echoes in literature, film etc ever since.
Fluxes in popularity since.
Echoes in current genres, such as horror.
What did James Kincaid say about the Gothic?
It has got ‘always to reach towards what cannot be spoken … outside the realm of the explicable, outside of language.’
James Kincaid said, the Gothic has got ‘always to reach…
Towards what cannot be spoken … outside the realm of the explicable, outside of language.’
Who said that the gothic has got ‘always to reach towards what cannot be spoken … outside of the realm of the explicable, outside of language.’
James Kincaid.
To what extent can the Communist Manifesto be said to be spectralized?
Part of the literary cannon.
A whole Marxist theory.
Shaped history, literary criticism and society.
E.g. It haunts modern society.
What did John Bowen say about the Gothic?
The Gothic world is fascinated by violent differences in power.
