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Record Nr.

UNINA9910139723803321

Titolo

A new companion to the Gothic [[electronic resource] /] / edited by David Punter

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Malden, Mass., : Wiley-Blackwell, 2012

ISBN

1-4443-5493-0

1-118-39617-0

1-78268-543-X

1-283-43570-5

9786613435705

1-4443-5495-7

1-4443-5492-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (549 p.)

Collana

Blackwell companions to literature and culture ; ; 79

Altri autori (Persone)

PunterDavid

Disciplina

823/.0872909

Soggetti

Horror tales, English - History and criticism

Gothic revival (Literature) - English-speaking countries

Psychoanalysis and literature - English-speaking countries

Horror tales, American - History and criticism

Psychological fiction - History and criticism

Ghost stories - History and criticism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Gothic backgrounds -- pt. 2. The original Gothic -- pt. 3. Nineteenth- and twentieth-century transformations -- pt. 4. Gothic theory and genre  -- pt. 5. The globalization of Gothic -- pt. 6. The continuing debate.

Sommario/riassunto

The thoroughly expanded and updated New Companion to the Gothic, provides a series of stimulating insights into Gothic writing, its history and genealogy. The addition of 12 new essays and a section on 'Global Gothic' reflects the direction Gothic criticism has taken over the last decade. Many of the original essays have been revised to reflect current debates Offers comprehensive coverage of criticism of the Gothic and of the various theoretical approaches it has inspired and spawned



Features important and original essays by leading scholars in the field