The Gothic and the Thing

Ranging from Horace Walpole to Angela Carter, this essay contributes to an emergent theory of the Gothic. Its argument is that ‘Gothic’ is the name for the speaking subjects experience of approaching what Jacques Lacan has termed ‘the Thing’, and that the processes of sublimation and abjection are w...

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Published in:Gothic studies 2009-05, Vol.11 (1), p.113-123
Main Author: Farnell, Gary
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Belgian literature
British & Irish literature
Contextualism
Culture
English literature
French literature
Gothic fiction
Gothic language
Incest
Kristeva, Julia (1941- )
Lacan, Jacques Marie Emile (1901-1981)
Literary devices
Literary Studies
Otherness
Sexuality
Symbolism
Theory
Townshend, Dale
Walpole, Horace (1717-1797)
Zizek, Slavoj
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Summary:Ranging from Horace Walpole to Angela Carter, this essay contributes to an emergent theory of the Gothic. Its argument is that ‘Gothic’ is the name for the speaking subjects experience of approaching what Jacques Lacan has termed ‘the Thing’, and that the processes of sublimation and abjection are what structure the experience of that approach.
ISSN:1362-7937
2050-456X
2050-456X
DOI:10.7227/GS.11.1.11