Harpham, Geoffrey Galt, 1946-

On the grotesque : strategies of contradiction in art and literature / Geoffrey Galt Harpham. - [2nd ed.] - Aurora, Colo. : Davies Group Publishers, c2006. - xxviii, 273 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. - Critical studies in the humanities .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formation, deformation, and reformation: an introduction to the grotesque -- Grotesque and grottesche -- Grotesque and grotto-esque -- Walking on silence: the lamination of narratives in Wuthering Heights -- Permeability and the grotesque: the masque of the red death -- Metaphor, marginality, and parody in death in Venice -- To make you sea: Conrad's primal words -- Conclusion: doodles, dragons, dissonance, and discovery.

9781888570854 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1888570857 (pbk. : alk. paper)

2006011020


Grotesque.
English fiction--History and criticism.
Grotesque in literature.
Fiction--History and criticism.
Grotesque in art.

BH301.G74 / H37 2006

823.009/15

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