Charleston Millar

Charleston Millar was a philosopher and literary critic , who famously wrote under ambiguations of his own name, such as Charleston Miller, Charles De Miller, Charleston-Millar and Charleston-Miller. Little is known, however, of his life or death. Notable works include his Commentary on the Religious Implications of Philosophical Argument, Sex and Disorder in Chaucer, and his numerous and extensive writings on Shakespeare, Milton, Shelley and Stoker , as well as his active engagement with other philosophers and critics of his time. The most famous of which was, of course, his literary involvement with the well-known author and critic Thomas Edmund Smythe.
Charleston Millar made frequent observations concerning the nature of the Gothic, the characteristaion of Gothic heroes and Gothic linguistic techniques throughout several of his works.
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His conversion from Philosophy to literary crticism was reputed to have been sparked by the Age of Enlightenment and the predominancy of Gothic Literature.
Again, his work on Shelley and Stoker was primarily associated with the Enlightenment movement.
More famous works include Living the Gothic, Gothic heroes, their beings and tendencies
 
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