Victorian Gothic

To what extent did the Gothic haunt the nineteenth century? Victorian Gothic seeks to answer this question as it introduces the reader to a timely revision of notions of the Gothic in all its manifestations. The Gothic is found to haunt all aspects of Victorian literature and culture. Moreover, Victorian Gothic connects its disparate areas of research in returning repeatedly to the question of the constitution of the subject, in a study of the Victorians from the 1830s to the 1890s.

To what extent did the Gothic haunt the nineteenth century? Victorian Gothic seeks to answer this question as it introduces the reader to a timely revision of notions of the Gothic in all its manifestations. The Gothic is found to haunt all aspects of Victorian literature and culture. Moreover, Victorian Gothic connects its disparate areas of research in returning repeatedly to the question of the constitution of the subject, in a study of the Victorians from the 1830s to the 1890s.

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Twelve essays represent current thinking on the gothic in the 19th century, while offering new departures on the topic and suggesting new ways in which the gothic may be understood from various theoretical, historical, and cultural perspectives in relation to the Victorian epoch. The gothic is found to haunt all aspects of Victorian literature and culture, from the comedy of Dickens and Le Fanu, to the technology of photography, and the attitudes of the British towards questions of Empire and the foreign "other." Robbins teaches at Nene College, UK; Wolfreys teaches English at the University of Florida. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Ruth Robbins teaches at the University of Luron. Julian Wolfreys teaches at the University of Southern California.