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Portions of Chapter 5 previously published in Studies in Romanticism. Reprinted by
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Bruhm Steven.
Gothic bodies : the politics of pain in romantic fiction / Steven
Bruhm.

p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN o-8122-3291-7

1. English literature -- 18th century -- History and criticism.
2. Gothic revival (Literature) -- Great Britain. 3. English
literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism. 4. Horror tales,
English -- History and criticism. 5. Politics and literature -- Great
Britain. 6. Mind and body in literature. 7. Body, Human, in
literature. 8. Romanticism -- Great Britain. 9. Paiyn in literature.
I. Title.

PR448.G6B78 1994

823'.087290936 -- dc20 94-33221

CIP

Frontispiece: Eugene Delacroix, The Death of Sardanapalus (courtesy of Musée du Louvre)

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