A New Companion to the Gothic

The thoroughly expanded and updated New Companion to the Gothic, provides a series of stimulating insights into Gothic writing, its history and genealogy. The addition of 12 new essays and a section on Global Gothic reflects the direction Gothic criticism has taken over the last decade. * Many of the original essays have been revised to reflect current debates * Offers comprehensive coverage of criticism of the Gothic and of the various theoretical approaches it has inspired and spawned * Features important and original essays by leading scholars in the field * The editor is widely recognized as the founder of modern criticism of the Gothic