Gothic Poland and British Fiction, c. 1790–1830

This Element shows how Poland became a gothic setting in British fiction between the 1790s and the 1830s as a result of public interest in the partitions of Poland. It argues that the idea of Gothic Poland was negotiated between the particular and the universal, the familiar and the unknown, and the need for historical and factual accuracy.

Acest element arata cum Polonia a devenit un cadru gotic in fictiunea britanica intre anii 1790 si 1830, ca urmare a interesului public fata de impartirea Poloniei. Argumenteaza ca ideea unei Polonii gotice a fost negociata intre particular si universal, familiar si necunoscut si nevoia de acuratete istorica si factuala.