Handbook Of The Gothic, The 2nd Ed.

Description: What do we mean by 'The Gothic'? How was it seeded? Where is it located? Why is it frequently characterised by the breaching of boundaries and the play of transgression and taboo? This revised handbook will explore these questions and many more through over one hundred multi-authored entries by nearly eighty leading scholars. Sections in the book are devoted to major and minor Gothic writers, 'Gothic Themes, terms, concepts and contexts' and to 'Gothic Locations'. Developments in the field, which have taken place since the pioneering The Handbook to Gothic Literature first appeared over a decade ago, have led to this new edition. New entries are included on nine authors, as well as on areas such as children's literature, comedy, music and medicine. There is also an expanded list of further reading, a new Gothic filmography and a list of Gothicised websites. This authoritative and accessible handbook continues to explore, through a diverse, comprehensive and yet eclectic mix of topics, the perennial concerns of the Gothic. This handbook will be an invaluable servant to all lovers of the Gothic.

Review: '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 'This Handbook!admirably fills what has until now been a notable gap in Gothic studies!The handbook allows the student to get both a sense of the big picture!but also to find more detailed information about many of the authors or terms mentioned in the overviews by looking up the more specific entries.' -- Glennis Byron, Romanticism on the Net '!an extremely useful reference work and introduction for students of the Gothic.' -- Martin H. Brown, BARS Bulletin and Review '!a necessary addition for even the specialist's library. No other single reference volume covers such a broad range of Gothic-related materials or draws upon such a wealth of scholarship. It is sure to become a reference Bible for Gothic students and established scholars alike.' -- Carol Margaret Davison, Science Fiction Studies '...informative and accessible, an "invaluable servant" that is able to instruct scholars while tempting new readers to think harder and deeper about horror stories and gothic romances.' - Reference Reviews

Contents: List of Contributors Preface to the Revised Edition Introduction to the First Edition Writers of Gothic Gothic Terms, Themes, Concepts and Contexts Gothic Locations Selected Further Reading Websites on the Gothic Gothic Film - A Select Filmography Index



Author Biography: MARIE MULVEY-ROBERTS is Reader in Literary Studies at the English Department of the University of the West of England, Bristol, UK. She is the editor of the journal Women's Writing and author of Gothic Immortals: The Fiction of the Brotherhood of the Rosy Cross (1990). She has co-edited Secret Texts: The Literature of Secret Societies (1995) and Gothic Fiction, Rare Printed Works from the Sadleir-Black Collection (2002-3). Recently she has edited Writing for their Lives: Death Row USA (2007) and The Collected Letters of Rosina Bulwer Lytton (2008).