From Anne Rice's best-selling novels to our recurrent interest in
vampires and the occult, the Gothic has an unyielding hold on our
imagination. But what exactly does "Gothic" mean? How does it
differ from "terror" or "horror," and where do its parameters lie?
Through a wide and eclectic range of brief essays written by
leading scholars, The Handbook to Gothic Literature provides a
virtual encyclopedia of things Gothic. From the Demonic to the
Uncanny, the Bronte sisters to Melville, this volume plots the
characteristics of Gothic's vastly different schools and
manifestations, offering a comprehensive guide of Gothic writing
and culture.
Among the many topics and literary figures discussed are:
American Gothic, Ambrose Bierce, the Bronte Sisters, Angela Carter,
the Demonic, Female Gothic, the Frenetique School, Ghost Stories,
Gothic Film, the Graveyard School, Horror, Imagination, Washington
Irving, Henry James, H.P. Lovecraft, Madness, Herman Melville,
Monstrosity, Occultism, Orientalism, Post-Colonial Gothic, Anne
Radcliffe, Anne Rice, Romanticism, Sado-Masochism, Mary and P. B.
Shelley, Bram Stoker, the Sublime, the Uncanny, Vampires,
Werewolves, Oscar Wilde, and "Zerrissenheit."
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