Victorian Gothic
An Edinburgh Companion
Published on 4. April 2012
273 pages
978-0-7486-5497-0 (ISBN)
Description
The first multi-disciplinary scholarly consideration of the Victorian Gothic These 14 chapters, each written by an acknowledged expert in the field, provide an invaluable insight into the complex and various Gothic forms of the nineteenth century. Covering a range of diverse contexts, the chapters focus on science, medicine, Queer theory, imperialism, nationalism, and gender. Together with further chapters on the ghost story, realism, the fin de siecle, pulp fictions, sensation fiction, and the Victorian way of death, the Companion provides the most complete overview of the Victorian Gothic to date.The book is an essential resource for students and scholars working on the Gothic, Victorian literature and culture, and critical theory.Key Features*First multi-authored thorough exploration of the Victorian Gothic*Original research in all chapters*Sets the agenda for future scholarship in the field*Pedagogically awareKey WordsVictorian, Gothic, Science, Gender, Nationalism, Death, Supernatural, Ghost, Death
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Content
- Cover
- Copyright
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction: Locating the Victorian Gothic
- Chapter 1 Victorian Realism and the Gothic: Objects of Terror Transformed
- Chapter 2 Sensation Fiction: A Peep Behind the Veil
- Chapter 3 Victorian Gothic Pulp Fiction
- Chapter 4 Victorian Gothic Drama
- Chapter 5 Victorian Gothic Poetry: The Corpse's [a] Text
- Chapter 6 The Victorian Ghost Story
- Chapter 7 Victorian Gothic and National Identity: Cross-Channel 'Mysteries'
- Chapter 8 The Victorian Gothic and Gender
- Chapter 9 Queer Victorian Gothic
- Chapter 10 Victorian Gothic Death
- Chapter 11 Science and the Gothic
- Chapter 12 Victorian Medicine and the Gothic
- Chapter 13 Imperial Gothic
- Chapter 14 Fin-de-siècle Gothic
- Bibliography
- Notes on Contributors
- Index
