1st Edition

Sisters of Gore Seven Gothic Melodramas by British Women, 1790-1843

Edited By John C. Franceschina Copyright 1997
    480 Pages
    by Routledge

    476 Pages
    by Routledge

    The plays collected in Sisters of Gore span the development of Gothic melodrama from the 1790s to the 1840s.

    Preface, John Franceschina; Introduction, John Franceschina; Chapter 1 The Ward of the Castle, Burke Miss; Chapter 2 The Mysterious Marriage; or, The Heirship of Roselva, Harriet Lee; Chapter 3 The Old Oak Chest or, The Smuggler’s Sons and the Robber’s Daughter, Jane Scott; Chapter 4 Raymond de Percy; or, The Tenant of the Tomb, Margaret Harvey; Chapter 5 St. Clair of the Isles; or, The Outlaw of Barra, Elizabeth Polack; Chapter 6 The Bond, Catherine Gore; Chapter 7 Dacre of the South; or, The Olden Time, Catherine Gore The Old Oak Chest or, The Smuggler’s Son & Robber’s Daughter: A Melo Drama, John Franceschinaapp3 Glossary, John Franceschina;

    Biography

    John Franceschina is a composer and Associate professor of Drama at Pennsylvania State University.