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The Gothic World Offers An Extensive Overview Of The Popular Field Of The Gothic, From The Eighteenth Century Through To The Present Day. Encompassing The Literary, It Also Extends Critical Debate In Exciting New Directions, Including Film, Politics, Fashion, Architecture, Fine Art, Music, Technology, And Cyberculture. Structured Around The Principles Of Time, Space And Practice, And Including A Detailed General Introduction, The Five Sections Of The Volume Consider: Gothic Histories, Gothic Spaces, Gothic Readers And Writers, Gothic Spectacle, [and] Contemporary Impulses. The Gothic World Seeks To Account For The Gothic As A Multi-faceted, Multidimensional Force, As A Style, An Aesthetic Experience And A Mode Of Cultural Expression That Traverses Genres, Forms, Media, Disciplines And National Boundaries: A 'gothic World, ' Indeed.--page 4 Of Cover. Part I: Gothic Histories -- 1. The Politics Of Gothic Historiography, 1660-1800 / Sean Silver -- 2. Gothic Antiquarianism In The Eighteenth Century / Rosemary Sweet -- 3. Gothic And The New American Republic, 1770-1800 / Jeffrey Andrew Weinstock -- 4. Gothic And The Celtic Fringe, 1750-1850 / James Kelly -- 5. British Gothic Nationhood, 1760-1830 / Justin D. Edwards -- 6. Gothic Colonies, 1850-1920 / Roger Luckhurst -- 7. History, Trauma And The Gothic In Contemporary Western Fictions / Jerrold E. Hogle -- Part Ii: Gothic Spaces -- 8. Gothic And The Architectural Imagination, 1740-1840 / Nicole Reynolds -- 9. Gothic Geography, 1760-1830 / Benjamin A. Brabon -- 10. Gothic And The Victorian Home / Tamara Wagner -- 11. American Gothic And The Environment, 1800-present / Matthew Wynn Sivils -- 12. Gothic Cities And Suburbs, 1880-present / Sara Wasson -- 13. Gothic In Cyberspace / Bryan Alexander -- Part Iii: Gothic Readers And Writers --^ 14. Gothic And The Publishing World, 1780-1820 / Anthony Mandal -- 15. Gothic And The History Of Reading, 1764-1830 / Katie Halsey -- 16. Gothic Adaptation, 1764-1830 / Diane Long Hoeveler -- 17. Gothic Romance, 1760-1830 / Sue Chaplin -- 18. Gothic Poetry, 1700-1900 / David Punter -- 19. Gothic Translation: France, 1760-1830 / Angela Wright -- 20. Gothic Translation: Germany, 1760-1830 / Barry Murnane -- 21. Gothic And The Child Reader, 1764-1850 / M.o. Grenby -- 22. Gothic And The Child Reader, 1850-present / Chloe Buckley -- 23. Gothic Sensations, 1850-1880 / Franz J. Potter -- 24. Young Adults And The Contemporary Gothic / Hannah Priest -- 25. The Earliest Parodies Of Gothic Literature / Douglass H. Thomson -- 26. Figuring The Author In Modern Gothic Writing / Neil Mcrobert -- 27. Gothic And The Question Of Theory, 1900-present / Scott Brewster -- Part Iv: Gothic Spectacle -- 28. Gothic And Eighteenth-century Visual Art / Martin Myrone --^ 29. Gothic Visuality In The Nineteenth Century / Elizabeth Mccarthy -- 30. Gothic Theater, 1765-present / Diego Saglia -- 31. Ghosts, Monsters And Spirits, 1840-1900 / Alexandra Warwick -- 32. Gothic Horror Film From The Haunted Castle (1896) To Psycho (1960) / James Morgart -- 33. Gothic Horror Film, 1960-present / Xavier Aldana Reyes -- 34. Southeast Asian Gothic Cinema / Colette Balmain -- 35. Defining A Gothic Aesthetic In Modern And Contemporary Visual Art / Gilda Williams -- Part V: Contemporary Impulses -- 36. Sonic Gothic / Isabella Van Elferen -- 37. Gothic Lifestyle / Catherine Spooner -- 38. Gothic And Survival Horror Videogames / Ewan Kirkland -- 39. Rewriting The Canon In Contemporary Gothic / Joanne Watkiss -- 40. Gothic Tourism / Emma Mcevoy -- 41. Gothic On The Small Screen / Brigid Cherry -- 42. Post-millennial Monsters: Monstrosity-no-more / Fred Botting. Edited By Glennis Byron And Dale Townshend. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.