The Return of the Repressed Gothic Horror from the Castle of Otranto to Alien
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: State Univ of New York Pr
- Publish date: 10/01/1999
Description:
Using psychoanalytic and Jungian archetypal theory, and sociohistorical contexts to analyze some of the major works of Gothic fiction, such as Frankenstein and Dracula, Clemens, a Research Affiliate with the University of Manitoba, argues that, by stimulating a sense of primordial fear in readers, these novels dramatically call attention to collective and attitudinal problems society refuses to confront. She goes even further, suggesting that Gothic fiction actually facilitates social change by shocking its readers into action.
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