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Gothic Horror is the essential guide to the literature of terror. This completely revised new edition provides a comprehensive historical primer of essential gothic criticism from its origins in the eighteenth century through Frankenstein and Dracula to the worlds of Hannibal Lecter and Alien Invasion. The volume also includes a new set of contemporary essays with a supporting timeline, and an introduction by Clive Bloom providing an outline of the genre and situating it in its social and cultural context.
Gothic Horror is the essential guide to the literature of terror. This completely revised new edition provides a comprehensive historical primer of essential gothic criticism from its origins in the eighteenth century through Frankenstein and Dracula to the worlds of Hannibal Lecter and Alien Invasion. The volume also includes a new set of contemporary essays with a supporting timeline, and an introduction by Clive Bloom providing an outline of the genre and situating it in its social and cultural context.
Über den Autor
Clive Bloom
Zusammenfassung
The second edition includes new material on the early gothic and a fresh set of contemporary essays
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Acknowledgements
Chronology of Significant Landmarks in Horror and Gothic Fiction
Preface to the Second EditionIntroduction
PART 1: GOTHIC WHISPERS
Extract from Of the Sublime; [...]
The Castle of Otranto, Preface to 1764 edition; H.Walpole
The Castle of Otranto, Preface to second edition; H.Walpole
Advertisement to The Monk; [...]
Extract from On 'The Monk'; S.T.Coleridge
Extract from The Italian; A.Radcliffe
Extract from Discourse 1: 'Gothick'; J.Reynolds
Frankenstein, Preface to 1817 edition; M.Shelley
Frankenstein, Preface to 1831 edition; M.Shelley
Remarks on Frankenstein: or the Modern Prometheus; [...]
Extract from Northanger Abbey; J.Austen
Extract from Nightmare Abbey; T.L.Peacock
Melmoth, the Wanderer, Preface to 1820 edition; C.Maturin
On the Supernatural in Poetry; A.Radcliffe
PART 2: HORROR THE SOUL OF THE PLOT
Extract from The Man of the Crowd; E.[...]
Extract from The Imp of the Perverse; E.[...]
The Philosophy of Composition; E.[...]
Extract from Eureka; E.[...]
Extract from Marginalia; E.[...]
Preface to The House of the Seven Gables; N.Hawthorne
Extract from The Renaissance; [...]
Extract from Nightmare Touch; [...]
An Autobiographical Postscript; E.Wharton
PART 3: IN THE DARKExtract from The Uncanny; [...]
On Algernon Blackwood; H.Belloc
Preface to The Collected Ghost Stories; M.[...]
Extract from The Supernatural in Literature; H.P.Lovecraft
Extract from The Vampire in Literature; M.Summers
I like Playing Dracula; B.Lugosi
Author's Note from The Devil Rides Out; D.Wheatley
Gothic Hangover; E.S.Turner
PART 4: FEARMAKERS
On Horror Writers; [...]
Dracula, Frankenstine, Sons and Co.; [...]
Symposium on H P Lovecraft; Los Angeles Science Fiction Society
Extract from Interview for Playboy; [...]
Extract from An Evening at Billericay Public Library; [...]
On Stephen King; W.Strieber
On Horror and Subversion; C.Barker
PART 5: CONTEMPORARY SHIVERS
Terrorism and the Gothic; D.Punter
Extract from The Fantastic; T.Todorov
Monster Culture (Seven Theses); J.[...]
Extract from Freakery; R.G.Thomson
The Body of Frankenstein's Monster; C.Helman
Narrative Structure, Liminality, Self Similarity: The Case of Gothic Fiction; M.Aguirre
Horror Narratives; L.Talairach-Vielmas
African American and Afro Caribbean Women's Horror as Contemporary Cultural Critique; G.Wisker
All Dark Inside: Zombies and Detectives; [...]
Epilogue: Further Thoughts on the Gothic
Further Reading
Index
Chronology of Significant Landmarks in Horror and Gothic Fiction
Preface to the Second EditionIntroduction
PART 1: GOTHIC WHISPERS
Extract from Of the Sublime; [...]
The Castle of Otranto, Preface to 1764 edition; H.Walpole
The Castle of Otranto, Preface to second edition; H.Walpole
Advertisement to The Monk; [...]
Extract from On 'The Monk'; S.T.Coleridge
Extract from The Italian; A.Radcliffe
Extract from Discourse 1: 'Gothick'; J.Reynolds
Frankenstein, Preface to 1817 edition; M.Shelley
Frankenstein, Preface to 1831 edition; M.Shelley
Remarks on Frankenstein: or the Modern Prometheus; [...]
Extract from Northanger Abbey; J.Austen
Extract from Nightmare Abbey; T.L.Peacock
Melmoth, the Wanderer, Preface to 1820 edition; C.Maturin
On the Supernatural in Poetry; A.Radcliffe
PART 2: HORROR THE SOUL OF THE PLOT
Extract from The Man of the Crowd; E.[...]
Extract from The Imp of the Perverse; E.[...]
The Philosophy of Composition; E.[...]
Extract from Eureka; E.[...]
Extract from Marginalia; E.[...]
Preface to The House of the Seven Gables; N.Hawthorne
Extract from The Renaissance; [...]
Extract from Nightmare Touch; [...]
An Autobiographical Postscript; E.Wharton
PART 3: IN THE DARKExtract from The Uncanny; [...]
On Algernon Blackwood; H.Belloc
Preface to The Collected Ghost Stories; M.[...]
Extract from The Supernatural in Literature; H.P.Lovecraft
Extract from The Vampire in Literature; M.Summers
I like Playing Dracula; B.Lugosi
Author's Note from The Devil Rides Out; D.Wheatley
Gothic Hangover; E.S.Turner
PART 4: FEARMAKERS
On Horror Writers; [...]
Dracula, Frankenstine, Sons and Co.; [...]
Symposium on H P Lovecraft; Los Angeles Science Fiction Society
Extract from Interview for Playboy; [...]
Extract from An Evening at Billericay Public Library; [...]
On Stephen King; W.Strieber
On Horror and Subversion; C.Barker
PART 5: CONTEMPORARY SHIVERS
Terrorism and the Gothic; D.Punter
Extract from The Fantastic; T.Todorov
Monster Culture (Seven Theses); J.[...]
Extract from Freakery; R.G.Thomson
The Body of Frankenstein's Monster; C.Helman
Narrative Structure, Liminality, Self Similarity: The Case of Gothic Fiction; M.Aguirre
Horror Narratives; L.Talairach-Vielmas
African American and Afro Caribbean Women's Horror as Contemporary Cultural Critique; G.Wisker
All Dark Inside: Zombies and Detectives; [...]
Epilogue: Further Thoughts on the Gothic
Further Reading
Index
Über den Autor
Clive Bloom
Zusammenfassung
The second edition includes new material on the early gothic and a fresh set of contemporary essays
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Acknowledgements
Chronology of Significant Landmarks in Horror and Gothic Fiction
Preface to the Second EditionIntroduction
PART 1: GOTHIC WHISPERS
Extract from Of the Sublime; [...]
The Castle of Otranto, Preface to 1764 edition; H.Walpole
The Castle of Otranto, Preface to second edition; H.Walpole
Advertisement to The Monk; [...]
Extract from On 'The Monk'; S.T.Coleridge
Extract from The Italian; A.Radcliffe
Extract from Discourse 1: 'Gothick'; J.Reynolds
Frankenstein, Preface to 1817 edition; M.Shelley
Frankenstein, Preface to 1831 edition; M.Shelley
Remarks on Frankenstein: or the Modern Prometheus; [...]
Extract from Northanger Abbey; J.Austen
Extract from Nightmare Abbey; T.L.Peacock
Melmoth, the Wanderer, Preface to 1820 edition; C.Maturin
On the Supernatural in Poetry; A.Radcliffe
PART 2: HORROR THE SOUL OF THE PLOT
Extract from The Man of the Crowd; E.[...]
Extract from The Imp of the Perverse; E.[...]
The Philosophy of Composition; E.[...]
Extract from Eureka; E.[...]
Extract from Marginalia; E.[...]
Preface to The House of the Seven Gables; N.Hawthorne
Extract from The Renaissance; [...]
Extract from Nightmare Touch; [...]
An Autobiographical Postscript; E.Wharton
PART 3: IN THE DARKExtract from The Uncanny; [...]
On Algernon Blackwood; H.Belloc
Preface to The Collected Ghost Stories; M.[...]
Extract from The Supernatural in Literature; H.P.Lovecraft
Extract from The Vampire in Literature; M.Summers
I like Playing Dracula; B.Lugosi
Author's Note from The Devil Rides Out; D.Wheatley
Gothic Hangover; E.S.Turner
PART 4: FEARMAKERS
On Horror Writers; [...]
Dracula, Frankenstine, Sons and Co.; [...]
Symposium on H P Lovecraft; Los Angeles Science Fiction Society
Extract from Interview for Playboy; [...]
Extract from An Evening at Billericay Public Library; [...]
On Stephen King; W.Strieber
On Horror and Subversion; C.Barker
PART 5: CONTEMPORARY SHIVERS
Terrorism and the Gothic; D.Punter
Extract from The Fantastic; T.Todorov
Monster Culture (Seven Theses); J.[...]
Extract from Freakery; R.G.Thomson
The Body of Frankenstein's Monster; C.Helman
Narrative Structure, Liminality, Self Similarity: The Case of Gothic Fiction; M.Aguirre
Horror Narratives; L.Talairach-Vielmas
African American and Afro Caribbean Women's Horror as Contemporary Cultural Critique; G.Wisker
All Dark Inside: Zombies and Detectives; [...]
Epilogue: Further Thoughts on the Gothic
Further Reading
Index
Chronology of Significant Landmarks in Horror and Gothic Fiction
Preface to the Second EditionIntroduction
PART 1: GOTHIC WHISPERS
Extract from Of the Sublime; [...]
The Castle of Otranto, Preface to 1764 edition; H.Walpole
The Castle of Otranto, Preface to second edition; H.Walpole
Advertisement to The Monk; [...]
Extract from On 'The Monk'; S.T.Coleridge
Extract from The Italian; A.Radcliffe
Extract from Discourse 1: 'Gothick'; J.Reynolds
Frankenstein, Preface to 1817 edition; M.Shelley
Frankenstein, Preface to 1831 edition; M.Shelley
Remarks on Frankenstein: or the Modern Prometheus; [...]
Extract from Northanger Abbey; J.Austen
Extract from Nightmare Abbey; T.L.Peacock
Melmoth, the Wanderer, Preface to 1820 edition; C.Maturin
On the Supernatural in Poetry; A.Radcliffe
PART 2: HORROR THE SOUL OF THE PLOT
Extract from The Man of the Crowd; E.[...]
Extract from The Imp of the Perverse; E.[...]
The Philosophy of Composition; E.[...]
Extract from Eureka; E.[...]
Extract from Marginalia; E.[...]
Preface to The House of the Seven Gables; N.Hawthorne
Extract from The Renaissance; [...]
Extract from Nightmare Touch; [...]
An Autobiographical Postscript; E.Wharton
PART 3: IN THE DARKExtract from The Uncanny; [...]
On Algernon Blackwood; H.Belloc
Preface to The Collected Ghost Stories; M.[...]
Extract from The Supernatural in Literature; H.P.Lovecraft
Extract from The Vampire in Literature; M.Summers
I like Playing Dracula; B.Lugosi
Author's Note from The Devil Rides Out; D.Wheatley
Gothic Hangover; E.S.Turner
PART 4: FEARMAKERS
On Horror Writers; [...]
Dracula, Frankenstine, Sons and Co.; [...]
Symposium on H P Lovecraft; Los Angeles Science Fiction Society
Extract from Interview for Playboy; [...]
Extract from An Evening at Billericay Public Library; [...]
On Stephen King; W.Strieber
On Horror and Subversion; C.Barker
PART 5: CONTEMPORARY SHIVERS
Terrorism and the Gothic; D.Punter
Extract from The Fantastic; T.Todorov
Monster Culture (Seven Theses); J.[...]
Extract from Freakery; R.G.Thomson
The Body of Frankenstein's Monster; C.Helman
Narrative Structure, Liminality, Self Similarity: The Case of Gothic Fiction; M.Aguirre
Horror Narratives; L.Talairach-Vielmas
African American and Afro Caribbean Women's Horror as Contemporary Cultural Critique; G.Wisker
All Dark Inside: Zombies and Detectives; [...]
Epilogue: Further Thoughts on the Gothic
Further Reading
Index
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