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The first multi-disciplinary scholarly consideration of the Victorian Gothic These 14 chapters, each written by an acknowledged expert in the field, provide an invaluable insight into the complex and various Gothic forms of the nineteenth century. Covering a range of diverse contexts, the chapters focus on science, medicine, Queer theory, imperialism, nationalism, and gender. Together with further chapters on the ghost story, realism, the fin de siècle, pulp fictions, sensation fiction, and the Victorian way of death, the Companion provides the most complete overview of the Victorian Gothic to date.The book is an essential resource for students and scholars working on the Gothic, Victorian literature and culture, and critical theory.Key Features*First multi-authored thorough exploration of the Victorian Gothic*Original research in all chapters*Sets the agenda for future scholarship in the field*Pedagogically awareKey WordsVictorian, Gothic, Science, Gender, Nationalism, Death, Supernatural, Ghost, Death ; The Edinburgh Companion to the Victorian Gothic is an essential resource for students and scholars working on the Gothic, Victorian literature and culture, and critical theory. ; Acknowledgements; Notes on Contributors; Introduction: Locating the Victorian Gothic - Andrew Smith and William Hughes; Realism and the Victorian Gothic: Objects of Terror Transformed - Martin Willis; Sensation Fiction: A Peep Behind the Veil - Laurence Talairach-Vielmas; Victorian Gothic Pulp Fiction - Jarlath Killeen; Victorian Gothic Drama - Diane Long Hoeveler; Victorian Gothic poetry: The Corpse's Text - Caroline Franklin and Michael Franklin; The Victorian Ghost Story - Nick Freeman; Victorian Gothic and National Identity - Avril Horner; The Victorian Gothic and Gender - Carol Margaret Davison; Queer Victorian Gothic - Ardel Thomas; Victorian Gothic Death - Andrew Smith; Science and the Gothic - Kelly Hurley; Victorian Medicine and the Gothic -William Hughes; Imperial Gothic - Patrick Brantlinger; Fin de Siècle Gothic - Vicky Margree and Bryony Randall; Index.
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Andrew Smith is Professor of Nineteenth Century English Literature at the University of Sheffield. His 19 published book include Gothic Death 1740-1914: A Literary History (2016), The Ghost Story 1840-1920: A Cultural History (2010), Victorian Demons (2004), Gothic Radicalism (2004), and The Victorian Gothic: An Edinburgh Companion (edited with William Hughes: 2012).; William Hughes is Professor of Medical Humanities and Gothic Literature at Bath Spa University. He is the author, editor or co-editor of eighteen books, including That Devil’s Trick: Hypnotism and the Victorian Popular Imagination (2016), Dracula: A Reader’s Guide to Essential Criticism (2008), and Beyond Dracula: Bram Stoker’s Fiction and its Cultural Context (2000) as well as the collections Ecogothic (2013), The Victorian Gothic (2012), and Queering the Gothic (2009), co-edited with Andrew Smith.
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