The Female Gothic

This rich and varied collection of essays makes a timely contribution to critical debates about the Female Gothic, a popular but contested area of literary studies. The contributors revisit key Gothic themes - gender, race, the body, monstrosity, metaphor, motherhood and nationality - to open up new critical directions.

Acknowledgements Notes on the Contributors Introduction: Defining the Female Gothic; D.Wallace & A.Smith Female Gothic and the Institutionalisation of Gothic Studies; ...