Spectral Readings - (Towards a Gothic Geography) by G Byron & D Punter (Hardcover)

About the Book

The essays in this book explore some of the most significant current issues concerning the terrain of the Gothic and the Gothic perspective.

Book Synopsis

These essays explore some of the most significant current issues concerning the terrain of the Gothic perspective, offering a variety of possible answers to the crucial question: What is Gothic? The collection begins by addressing general issues about the locations and structure of Gothic; this is followed by various considerations of Gothic as a specific historical phenomenon, linked with specific aspects of British, American, and European society; and, finally, by an exploration of Gothic writing during recent decades.

From the Back Cover

"As we reach the end of yet another century, and interest in the Gothic once again grows, it begins to appear as though the Gothic has something quite specifically to do with the turns of centuries, that, as David Punter writes in the introduction to this collection, "the very attempt to turn over a new leaf unavoidably involves conjuring up the shadow of the past, watching its curious shapes fall over the attempted purities of the future." These essays explore some of the most significant current issues concerning the terrain of the Gothic and the Gothic perspective, offering a variety of possible answers to the crucial question: What is Gothic?"--BOOK JACKET.

About the Author

FRED BOTTING Lecturer in Literary Theory, University of Lancaster CHRISTINE FERGUSON Doctoral student in English, Tulane University, New Orleans JERROLD E. HOGLE Professor of English, University Distinguished Professor, and Chair of the Faculty at the University of Arizona AVRIL HORNER Senior Lecturer in English and Associate Director of the European Studies Research Institute, University of Salford JEANNETTE IDIART University of Washington JENNIFER SCHULZ University of Washington ROBERT MIGHALL Commissioning Editor, London Publisher ERIC SAVOY Professor of American Literature, University of Calgary DAVID SEED Reader in English Studies, University of Liverpool HELEN F. THOMPSON Assistant Professor, Arizona State University BARNARD TURNER Lecturer in Modern Literature, National University of Singapore WILLIAM VEEDER Professor of English, University of Chicago ALEXANDRA WARWICK Lecturer in English, University of Westminster SUE ZLOSNIK Head of English, Liverpool Hope University