Horror in the age of steam : tales of terror in the Victorian age of transitions /
Carroll Clayton Savant.
- 1 online resource (1 volume.)
"Faced with scientific innovation and industrial advancement, Victorians sought new ways to deal with their new moment in history. Many turned to artistic movements of the past; there were authors, however, who created new forms of storytelling, the horror story, to illustrate the terrors of an age in transition"--
English literature--History and criticism.--19th century Horror tales, English--History and criticism. Horror in literature. Psychic trauma in literature. LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh