Marie Mulvey-Roberts

The Handbook to Gothic Literature

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Produktbeschreibung

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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Produktdetails

• Verlag: New York University Press
• Third Printing edition
• Seitenzahl: 350
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 1998
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 153mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 476g
• ISBN-13: 9780814756102
• ISBN-10: 0814756107
• Artikelnr.: 22288248

Autorenporträt

Marie Mulvey-Roberts is reader in literary studies in the English department of the University of the West of England, Bristol, UK. She is the author of Gothic Immortals: The Fiction of the Brotherhood of the Rosy Cross and editor of many books, including Gothic Fiction: Rare Printed Works from the Sadleir-Black Collection.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Ainsworth, W.Harrison; R.A.Gilbert American Gothic ; A.L.Smith Architecture see Gothic Revival Beckford, William; M.Franklin Bierce, Ambrose; A.L.Smith Blackwood, Algernon; T.Willard The Bront E.Imlay Brown, Brockden; T.Lustig Bulwer-Lytton, Edward; H.Small Carter, Angela; E.Jordan Contemporary Gothic; A.B.Tracy Death; E.Bronfen The Demonic; H.Stoddart Dickens, Charles; B.F.Fisher Doyle, Arthur Conan; C.Bloom English-Canadian Gothic; G.Turcotte Female Gothic; A.Milbank Frenetique School; T.Hale German Gothic; H.U.Mohr Ghost Stories; R.A.Gilbert Goethe, J.W.Von; E.H.Denton Gothic Drama; J.Cox Gothic Film; I.Conrich Gothic Novel; V.Sage Gothic Revival; V.Sage Gothic Romance; A.B.Tracy Graveyard School; S.Clark Hawthorne, Nathaniel; R.Miles Hero-Villain; H.Stoddart Heroine; A.Horner Hoffman, E.T.A.; H.U.Mohr Hogg, James; D.Mack Horror; F.Botting Imagination; P.Martin Irish Gothic; W.J.McCormack Irving, Washington; A.L.Smith Jacobs, W.W.; J.Cloy James, Henry; T.Lustig James,M.R.; W.Hughes Le Fanu, J.Sheridan; W.J.McCormack Lewis, Matthew; N.Trott Lovecraft, H.P.; C.Bloom Machen, Arthur; R.A.Gilbert Madness; H.Small Maturin, Charles ; C.Malet-Dagreou Melville, Herman; R.Lee Monstrosity; F.Botting New Gothic see Contemporary Gothic Nightmare; P.Martin Occultism; T.Willard Orientalism; M.Franklin Penny Dreadfuls; R.A.Gilbert Poe, Edgar Allan; B.F.Fisher Post-Colonial Gothic; K.Gelder Radcliffe, Ann; R.Miles Rice, Anne; M.Mulvey Roberts Roman Noir; T.Hale Romanticism; P.Martin Russian Gothic; N.Cornwell Sade, Marquis de; E.Clery Sado-Masochism; E.Bronfen San Francisco Gothic; W.Veeder Scottish Gothic; D.Mack Shelley, Mary; M.Mulvey Roberts Shelley, P.B.; N.Trott Southern Gothic; R.Lee Stevenson, Robert Louis; J.E.Hogle Stoker, Bram ; W.Hughes The Sublime; A.Milbank The Supernatural; C.Bloom Terror; D.Punter The Uncanny see Unheimlich Vampire; W.Hughes Walpole, Horace; E.Clery Wandering Jew; H.U.Mohr Welsh Gothic; S.Erion Werewolf see Lycanthropy Wilde, Oscar;N.Sammells Witches and Witchcraft; F.Ringel Wizards; F.Ringel Zerrissenheit; C.Houswitschka

Rezensionen

'Not just another handbook, this volume will be of great benefit to those interested in literary Gothicism...Mulvey-Roberts deserves congratulations for magisterial editing...A must for all types of libraries.' - B.F. Fisher, Choice

'Not just another handbook, this volume will be of great benefit to those interested in literary Gothicism...The editor has distinguished herself as a leading specialist in Gothicism, and her own entries...are predictably first-rate. Her contributors evince like authority; the 'best' have been chosen to present their topics...A must for all types of libraries.' - B.B. Fisher, Choice