The term 'Gothic' has rarely been brought to bear on contemporary
South African fictions, appearing too fanciful for the often
overtly political writing of apartheid and post-apartheid South
Africa. As the first book-length exploration of Gothic impulses in
South African literature, this volume accounts for the Gothic
currents that run through South African imaginaries from the
late-nineteenth century onwards. South African Gothic identifies an
intensification in Gothic production that begins with the nascent
decline of the apartheid state, and relates this to real anxieties
that arise with the unfolding of social and political change. In
the context of a South Africa unmaking and reshaping itself, Gothic
emerges as a language for long-suppressed histories of violence,
and for ongoing experiences at odds with utopian images of the new
democracy. Its function is interrogative and ultimately creative:
South African Gothic challenges narrow conceptions of the status
quo to drive at alternative, less exclusionary visions.
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