Download or read book The Gothic and the Rule of the Law, 1764-1820 written by Sue Chaplin and published by Springer. This book was released on 2007-04-11 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the first full-length theoretical and historical study of the relation between early Gothic fiction and an emerging modern rule of law. The work identifies not only a political and cultural, but also an ontological relation between what critics have conceptualized as 'Gothic' and the nature and function of modern juridical power.