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THE HANDBOOK TO GOTHIC LITERATURE The Handbook to Gothic Literature Edited by MARIE MULVEY-ROBERTS Senior Lecturer in Literary Studies University of the West of England, Bristol Selection and editorial matter @ Marie Mulvey-Roberts 1998 Text @ the various contributors 1998 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No paragraph of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, 90 Tottenham Court Road, London WI P 9HE. Any person who does any unauthorised act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. The authors have asserted their right to be identified as the authors of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. First published 1998 by MACMILLAN PRESS LTD Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS and London Companies and representatives throughout the world ISBN 978-0-333-67069-9 ISBN 978-1-349-26496-4 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-1-349-26496-4 A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. This book is printed on paper suitable for recycling and made from fully managed and sustained forest sources. 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 07 06 05 04 03 02 01 00 99 98 For my Gothic students, especially Sandi and Vicky, founders of the Skeletal Society and To the Vampire Lovers L. and Z. Contents List of Contributors xii Introduction xv Gothic Writers and Key Terms AINSWORTH, W. HARRISON R. A. Gilbert 1 AMERICAN GOTHIC Allan Lloyd Smith 2 ARCHITECTURE see GOTHIC REVIVAL 10 AUSTRALIAN GOTHIC Gerry Turcotte 10 BECKFORD, WILLIAM Michael Franklin 20 BIERCE, AMBROSE Allan Lloyd Smith 23 BLACKWOOD, ALGERNON Thomas Willard 25 THE BRONTES Elizabeth Imlay 27 BROWN, CHARLES BROCKDEN T. J. Lustig 30 BULWER-LYTTON, EDWARD Helen Small 33 CARTER, ANGELA Elaine Jordan 35 CONTEMPORARY GOTHIC Ann B. Tracy 38 DEATH Elisabeth Bronfen 39 THE DEMONIC Helen Stoddart 43 DICKENS, CHARLES Benjamin F. Fisher 45 DOYLE, ARTHUR CONAN Clive Bloom 47 ENGLISH-CANADIAN GOTHIC Gerry Turcotte 49 FEMALE GOTHIC Alison Milbank 53 FRENETIQUE SCHOOL Terry Hale 58 GERMAN GOTHIC Hans-Ulrich Mohr 63 GHOST STORIES R. A. Gilbert 68 vii viii Contents GOETHE, J. W. von Eric Hadley Denton 70 GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE see GOTHIC REVIVAL 73 GOTHIC DRAMA Jeffrey N. Cox 73 GOTHIC FILM Ian Con rich 76 GOTHIC NOVEL Victor Sage 81 GOTHIC REVIVAL Victor Sage 90 GOTHIC ROMANCE Ann B. Tracy 103 GRAVEYARD SCHOOL Steve Clark 107 HAWTHORNE, NATHANIEL Robert Miles 108 HERO-VILLAIN Helen Stoddart 111 HEROINE Avril Horner 115 HOFFMANN, E. T. A. Hans-Ulrich Mohr 119 HOGG, JAMES Douglas S. Mack 122 HORROR Fred Botting 123 IMAGINATION Philip W. Martin 131 IRISH GOTHIC W. J. McCormack 135 IRVING, WASHINGTON Allan Lloyd Smith 138 JACOBS, W. W. John Cloy 139 JAMES, HENRY T. J. Lustig 140 JAMES, MONTAGUE RHODES William Hughes 143 LE FANU, J. SHERIDAN W. J. McCormack 145 LEWIS, MATTHEW Nicola Trott 146 LOVE CRAFT, H. P. Clive Bloom 149 MACHEN, ARTHUR R. A. Gilbert 151 MADNESS Helen Small 152 MATURIN, CHARLES ROBERT Cecile Malet-Dagreou 157 MELV ILLE, HERMAN A. Robert Lee 160 MONSTROSITY Fred Botting 163 NEW GOTHIC see CONTEMPORARY GOTHIC 164 Contents ix NIGHTMARE Philip W. Martin 164 OCCULTISM Thomas Willard 165 ORIENT ALISM Michael Franklin 168 PENNY DREADFULS R. A. Gilbert 172 POE, EDGAR ALLAN Benjamin F. Fisher 173 POSTCOLONIAL GOTHIC Ken Gelder 180 RADCLIFFE, ANN Robert Miles 181 RICE, ANNE Marie Mulvey-Roberts 188 ROMAN NaIR Terry Hale 189 ROMANTICISM Philip W. Martin 195 RUSSIAN GOTHIC Neil Cornwell 199 SADE, MARQUIS DE E. J. Clery 204 SADO-MASOCHISM Elisabeth Bron/en 206 SAN FRANCISCO GOTHIC William Veeder 207 SCOTTISH GOTHIC Douglas S. Mack 208 SHELLEY, MARY Marie Mulvey-Roberts 210 SHELLEY, P. B. Nicola Trott 216 SOUTHERN GOTHIC A. Robert Lee 217 STEVENSON, ROBERT LOUIS Jerrold E. Hogle 220 STOKER, BRAM William Hughes 223 THE SUBLIME Alison Milbank 226 THE SUPERNATURAL Clive Bloom 232 TERROR David Punter 235 THE UNCANNY see UNHEIMLICH 240 VAMPIRE William Hughes 240 WALPOLE, HORACE E. J. Clery 246 WANDERING JEW Hans-Ulrich Mohr 249 WELSH GOTHIC Sion Eirian 251 WEREWOLF see LYCANTHROPY 252 x Contents WILDE, OSCAR Neil Sammells 252 WITCHES AND WITCHCRAFT Faye Ringel 254 WIZARDS Faye Ringel 256 ZERRISSENHElT Christoph Houswitschka 258 Gothic Specialisms CABBALISM Thomas Willard 261 COLONIAL GOTHIC Alexandra Warwick 261 COUNTERFEIT Jerrold E. Hogle 262 CYBERPUNK lain Hamilton Grant 263 DOPPELGANGER Antonio Ballesteros Gonzalez 264 THE FANTASTIC Neil Cornwell 264 GOLEM Madge Dresser 265 GOTH, GOTHIC U. A. Fanthorpe 266 GOTHIC ART Graham Ovenden 266 GOTHIC BODY Steven Bruhm 267 GOTHIC FAIRY-TALE Lucie Armitt 268 GOTHIC LANGUAGE John Charles Smith 269 GOTHIC MANSERVANT Janet Todd 270 GOTHIC PARODY Darryl Jones 270 GOTHIC PHOTOGRAPHY Philip Stokes 271 GOTHIC SCIENCE FICTION David Seed 272 THE GROTESQUE Neil Cornwell 273 HERMETISM Thomas Willard 273 HISTORICO-GOTHIC Mary Waldron 274 ILLUMINATI NOVELS Pascal Nicklas 275 JACOBEAN TRAGEDY Charles Butler 275 THE LAMIA Philip W. Martin 276 Contents xi LYCANTHROPY Tina Rath 277 MAGICAL REALISM Amaryll Beatrice Chanady 277 NECROMANCY Carolyn D. Williams 278 NORTHANGER NOVELS Mary Waldron 279 PARANOID GOTHIC David Punter 279 THE PHANTOM Allan Lloyd Smith 280 POLITICO-GOTHIC Mary Waldron 281 POPULAR HORROR FICTION Richard Kerridge 281 PORPHYRIA Tina Rath 282 ROSICRUCIAN FICTION Marie Mulvey-Roberts 282 SCHAUERROMAN Marie Mulvey-Roberts 283 SENSATION FICTION Sally Ledger 284 SENSIBILITY Janet Todd 285 SPIRITUALISM Sally Ledger 285 STURM UND DRANG Marie Mulvey-Roberts 286 TRANSGRESSION Avril Horner 286 UNHEIMLICH (THE UNCANNY) Avril Horner 287 URBAN GOTHIC Alexandra Warwick 288 Selected Reading 290
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