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- Title
Industrial Gothic: Workers, Exploitation and Urbanization in Transatlantic Nineteenth-Century Literature.
- Authors
Briefel, Aviva
- Abstract
Industrial Gothic: Workers, Exploitation and Urbanization in Transatlantic Nineteenth-Century Literature by Bridget M. Marshall explores the political implications of the Gothic genre in depicting the horrors of capitalist oppression during the industrialization period. Marshall coins the term "industrial Gothic" to describe a subgenre that allowed writers to explore the disruptions caused by industrialization. The book examines the emergence and development of the industrial Gothic, representations of mill and factory girls, carceral imagery, depictions of bodies and monstrosity, and the use of landscape and architecture in setting the Gothic mood. Marshall also discusses the ethical possibilities and limitations of the industrial Gothic, highlighting the importance of the genre in enabling readers to imagine and confront the realities of industrial oppression.
- Subjects
INDUSTRIAL workers; NINETEENTH century; LITERATURE; GOTHIC architecture; VICTORIAN Period, Great Britain, 1837-1901; URBANIZATION; EXPLOITATION of humans
- Publication
Victorian Studies, 2023, Vol 65, Issue 4, p656
- ISSN
0042-5222
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2979/vic.00053