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De Quicey's Gothic Masquerade.

Publication: Yearbook of English Studies
Publication Date: 01-JAN-06
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: De Quicey's Gothic Masquerade.(Book review)

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De Quincey's Gothic Masquerade. By Patrick Bridgwater. Amsterdam and New York: Rodopi. 2005. 183 pp. 25.20 [pounds sterling]. ISBN 90-420-1813-5.

Patrick Bridgwater commences this study of Thomas De Quincey's Gothic imagination with the provocative assertion that 'these days English studies tend to ignore German literature or betray unfamiliarity with the language and its literature by the serial mistakes that mar so much Gothic criticism' (p. 7). Bridgwater has a point. Moreover, he is well placed as a Germanist to rectify the deficiency identified. It is therefore pleasing to discover that De Quincey's Gothic Masquerade succeeds in offering a...

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