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@proceedings{1530924, author = {Čoupková, Eva}, booktitle = {Hradec Králové Anglophone Conference 2019}, keywords = {war; the Gothic; fortifications; mental ilness; PTSD; Ambrose Bierce}, language = {eng}, title = {War and the Gothic}, url = {https://hk-anglophone-conference.webnode.cz/}, year = {2019} }
TY - CONF ID - 1530924 AU - Čoupková, Eva PY - 2019 TI - War and the Gothic KW - war KW - the Gothic KW - fortifications KW - mental ilness KW - PTSD KW - Ambrose Bierce UR - https://hk-anglophone-conference.webnode.cz/ L2 - https://hk-anglophone-conference.webnode.cz/ N2 - War and the Gothic Eva Čoupková Gothic has a special relationship to military discourse, as militarist elements are present in The Castle of Otranto, Dracula, or Ann Radcliffe's work. In these early texts, war is mainly represented through architecture in the form of castles as fortifications. These structures become the symbols of the old tyrannical order to be destroyed or escaped from, as many characters attempt to do. Late nineteenth century writers, however, concentrated less on Gothic spaces; instead, they employed the Gothic discourse of horror to capture war injuries and psychological effects of violence. The American Civil War was powerfully chronicled by Ambrose Bierce; he used the Gothic to depict the horrors of the combat and evoke the physical and mental damage caused by war. He also demonstrated how tragic experiences can drive a person mad and depicted the effects of madness. ER -
ČOUPKOVÁ, Eva. War and the Gothic. In \textit{Hradec Králové Anglophone Conference 2019}. 2019.
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