The Gothic Wanderer by Tichelaar, Tyler R. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Cover Page Title Page Copyright Dedication Contents Acknowledgments Foreword Introduction

Part I - Creating the Gothic Wanderer

The Optimism of Romantic Poets Family as a Metaphor for Political Order Conspiracy Theories in Gothic Literature Rise of the Gothic Wanderer

Chapter II – Paradise Lost and the Legitimacy of Transgression

Primogeniture and Transgressions Against the Family Feminine Gothic Revisions of Paradise Lost The Mysteries of Udolpho: Eve’s Vindication Masculine Gothic Revisions of Paradise Lost The Monk: Condemning the Transgressor Melmoth the Wanderer: A Sympathetic Transgressor Conclusion

Chapter III – The Wandering Jew

Chapter IV – The Rosicrucian Gothic Wanderer

The Rosicrucians’ Origins St. Leon: Rosicrucianism and the Evolution of Reason St. Irvyne: Rosicrucianism and the Rejection of Atheism Melmoth the Wanderer: The Sympathetic Rosicrucian Conclusion

Chapter V – Gambling as Gothic Transgression

The Mysteries of Udolpho: Gambling as a Threat to Love St. Leon: Gambling Destroys the Family The Vampyre: Money Circulating Like Blood Ernestus Berchtold: Gambling and Incest Conclusion

Part II - Subversive Gothic Wanderers

The Wanderer as a Revision of Evelina Juliet as Female Gothic Wanderer Female Identity Women’s Employment as Gothic Horror Juliet’s Metamorphoses and Immortality Gothic Forest Scenes and Anti-Romanticism Stonehenge: Symbol of the Immortal Soul

Frankenstein: Critical History and Position in the Gothic Wanderer Tradition Rosicrucian Elements in Frankenstein Frankenstein as Existential Revision of Paradise Lost The French Revolution, Illegitimacy, and the Family in Frankenstein Frankenstein‘s Existential Ending The Last Man: The Rejection of Romanticism The Sibyl: Immortality and Prophecy Lionel Verney as Gothic Wanderer The Existential Plague The Gamble with Death The End of Human History: Deconstructing Lionel’s Manuscript and Shelley’s Novel Conclusion

Part III - From Transgression to Redemption

Teufelsdrockh’s Christian Origins Carlyle’s Theory of Symbols Teufelsdrockh as Gothic Wanderer Teufelsdrockh’s Despair The Metamorphosis from Wandering Jew to Everyman Natural Supernaturalism: Reinventing the Gothic Gothic Structure and Narrative Strategy

Zanoni: Redemption of the Rosicrucian Dickens’ Carlylean Gothic A Tale of Two Cities: Rosicrucian Immortality and Christian Redemption

Chapter X – The Gothic Wanderer at Rest: Dracula and the Vampiric Tradition

Origins and Early Literary Uses of the Vampire Legend Glenarvon and the Byronic Vampire The Vampyre: Establishing Fictional Vampire Elements Varney the (Sympathetic) Vampyre Dracula’s Historical Origins Dracula: The New Wandering Jew and Anti-Semitism Dracula as Antichrist: The Gothic Redemption of Catholicism The Redemption of Dracula

Chapter XI - Modern Interpretations: from Wanderer to Superhero

The End of Fear: The Gothic Wanderer’s Evolution to Superhero Evolution and the Gothic The Imperial Gothic Tarzan: The Gothic Wanderer Turned Superhero Tarzan’s Superhero Literary Descendants The Modern Heroic Vampire Conclusion

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