Estranged by a veil: The Gothic other and the uncanny sublime (Article)
The Gothic mode deals with the supernatural that is suppressed within the mind, to be felt when one’s imagination is allowed too much freedom. Characters in these texts must contend with the supernatural loosed from within, so authors of the Gothic bind up all the uncanniness of the mind into a s...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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2023
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10356/172631 |
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| Institution: | Nanyang Technological University |
| Language: | English |
| Summary: | The Gothic mode deals with the supernatural that is suppressed within the mind, to be
felt when one’s imagination is allowed too much freedom. Characters in these texts
must contend with the supernatural loosed from within, so authors of the Gothic bind
up all the uncanniness of the mind into a single physical form, a stranger, an Other, that can be expelled from the ordinary world. |
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