Gothic Travel through Haunted Landscapes
Gothic Travel through Haunted Landscapes Gothic has often articulated fear as much through its depictions of weather, climate and landscape as it has through its typical monsters, and the…
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Gothic Travel through Haunted Landscapes
Gothic has often articulated fear as much through its depictions of weather, climate and landscape as it has through its typical monsters, and the relationship between geography, the environment and travel has been a persistent characteristic of the Gothic from its earliest moments. This book will argue that what differentiates Gothic travel from all other kinds is the growing realisation that the terrain across which one journeys has become 'haunted' by what one finds there. Gothic is an innately travelling mode of writing, and the literary fascination provoked by armchair travel is central to the navigation of cultural fears: 'strangeness' only becomes apparent once one exchanges the homely (Heimlich) for the uncanny in new or uncharted settings.
At the same time, that encounter similarly transforms the traveller 'for good' whatever ghosts we encounter abroad