Gothic by Fred Botting
This enduringly popular book has become a classic in the expanding and increasingly popular field of Gothic Studies. This long awaited new edition contains a new chapter on Contemporary Gothic, an expanded section on American Gothic and more discussion of the gothic in womens film and writing througout the book.Praise for first edition:
'Elegant and streamlined, a miracle of compression' - Gothic Studies
'An accessible and affordable book that will undoubtedly prove an indispensable addition to both Romantic and Victorian reading lists.' - TLS
'A welcome addition to new historicist theory.' - Essays in Criticism
'The returns on reading this book are enormous.' - In-between: Essays and Studies in Literary Criticism
Fred Botting is Professor English Literature And Creative Writing at Kingston University, UK. He has written extensively on Gothic fictions, and on theory, film and cultural forms. His current research projects include work on fiction and film dealing with figures of horror - zombies in particular - and on spectrality, the uncanny and sexuality.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780415831727 |
| ISBN 10 | 0415831725 |
| Title | Gothic |
| Author | Fred Botting |
| Series | The New Critical Idiom |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Year published | 2013-10-04 |
| Number of pages | 240 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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