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Frame narratives--stories within stories--are featured in nearly every canonical Gothic novel. Sometimes dismissed as a shopworn convention of the genre, frame narratives in fact function as a dynamic basis for imaginative variation and are vital to evaluating the diverse Gothic tradition. The juxtaposition between the everyday "frame world" of the story and the disturbing embedded narrative allows the monstrous to escape textual confines, forcing the reader to experience the reassurance of the ordinary alongside the horror of the uncanny.
Contents
Table of Contents
Introduction
1. A "frame of uncommon size": Ann Radcliffe and the Sublime Real
2. Go Forth and Prosper: Mary Shelley's Monsters Unbound
3. Loose Ends: Melmoth the Wanderer and Confessions of a Justified Sinner
Interlude. The Fabric of Reality: Sartor Resartus
4. The "science of human brutality": Wuthering Heights and The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
5. The "romantic side of familiar things": The Old Curiosity Shop and Bleak House
6. The Descent of Man: Jekyll and Hyde and Dracula
Coda. Glory in a Gap: The Turn of the Screw and Heart of Darkness
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index
