Already one of the definitive books covering the popular field of gothic studies, this extensively revised new edition offers a wealth of new material on the topic: two new chapters plot the genre's major developments through the twentieth and into the twenty-first century, identifying key texts and contexts, and charting crucial relationships with cognate genres in literature, popular culture and media (from modernism to romance, cinema, horror, SF and postmodernism). A new introduction offers a precise theoretical and historical overview of the main patterns, effects and significance of gothic fiction and its criticism. This book contains additional material on American gothic, women's writing and film, and is updated in relation to media and technology with further discussion of stage sensations and photography as well as engaging with all major texts and criticism since initial publication in 1995. With the added benefit of series features such as an annotated further reading section, this remains the ideal guide to the gothic. Book jacket
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Horror tales
English -- History and criticism -- Theory
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Horror tales
American -- History and criticism -- Theory
etc
Gothic revival (Literature) -- English-speaking countries
