Gothic Stories Within Stories: Frame Narratives and Realism in the Genre, 1790-1900
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| Management number | 232055739 | Release Date | 2026/06/18 | List Price | $13.79 | Model Number | 232055739 | ||
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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. Read more
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