The Handbook to Gothic Literature

The Handbook to Gothic Literature
ISBN-10
0814756093
ISBN-13
9780814756096
Category
Literary Criticism
Pages
294
Language
English
Published
1998-03-01
Publisher
NYU Press
Author
Marie Mulvey-Roberts

Description

Some topics and literary figures discussed are: American Gothic, Ambrose Bierce, Charles Dickens, Gothic architecture, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Contemporary Gothic, Occultism, Robert Louis Stevenson, Witches and witchcraft, Spiritualism, Oscar Wilde, Gothic film, Ghost stories, and Edgar Allan Poe.

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