The Victorian Gothic: An Edinburgh Companion

Prof Andrew Smith

ISBN 10: 0748642498 / ISBN 13: 9780748642496

Editore: Edinburgh University Press, 2012

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Riassunto:

A 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 siècle, pulp fictions, sensation fiction, and the Victorian way of death, the Companion provides a thorough-going overview of the Victorian Gothic.

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

Informazioni sugli autori:

Andrew Smith is Professor of Nineteenth-Century English Literature at the University of Sheffield where he co-directs the Centre for the History of the Gothic. He is the author or editor of over 20 published books including Gothic Death 1740-1914: A Literary History (Manchester University Press, 2016), The Ghost Story 1840-1920: A Cultural History (Manchester University Press, 2010), Gothic Literature (Edinburgh University Press, 2007, revised 2013), Victorian Demons (Manchester University Press, 2004) and Gothic Radicalism (Macmillan, 2000). He is a past president of the International Gothic Association.

William Hughes is Professor of Literature in English at the University of Macau, where he leads teaching in Victorian studies and Gothic literature. He is the author of more than twenty books in the fields of Victorian studies, the Gothic and medical history, including The Dome of Thought: Phrenology and the Victorian Popular Imagination (Manchester University Press, 2022), Key Concepts in the Gothic (Edinburgh University Press, 2018) and That Devil’s Trick: Hypnotism and the British Popular Imagination (Manchester University Press, 2015). He has also co-edited a number of important essay collections, including, with Andrew Smith, Suicide and the Gothic (Manchester University Press, 2019) and with Ruth Heholt, Gothic Britain: Dark Places in the Margins and Provinces of the British Isles (University of Wales press, 2018).

Andrew Smith is Reader in Nineteenth Century English Literature at the University of Sheffield. His 14 published book include The Ghost Story 1840-1920: A Cultural History (2010), Victorian Demons (2004), and Gothic Radicalism (2004).

William Hughes is Professor of Gothic Studies at Bath Spa University. His 12 published books include Beyond Dracula (2000), two student guides to Dracula, and the definitive bibliography of Stoker's works (with Richard Dalby, 2004). With Andrew Smith, he has co-edited four collections, including Empire and the Gothic (2003) and Queering the Gothic (2009) and, with Diane Mason, he has produced an annotated edition of Stoker's Dracula (2007). He is the founder editor of Gothic Studies, the refereed journal of the International Gothic Association.

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Titolo: The Victorian Gothic: An Edinburgh Companion
Casa editrice: Edinburgh University Press
Data di pubblicazione: 2012
Legatura: Hardback
Condizione: New