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2. ISBN 9780810829688
Description
Includes over 1,500 new entries and can be used as a companion to the first Guide. New individual author studies include sections on Stephen King and Edith Wharton. A special section identifies anthologies of Gothic fiction.
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3, v. 2 ISBN 9780810851016
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A cumulative supplement to Guide to the Gothic (Scarecrow Press, 1984) and Guide to the Gothic II (Scarecrow Press, 1995), Guide to the Gothic III offers researchers and students at any level a comprehensive bibliographical survey of Gothic scholarship and criticism of the 20th and 21st centuries. Over 1,600 new annotated entries covering 1993-2003 are included, along with 4,055 shortened entries from the previous two volumes. New individual author studies on Anne Rice and Angela Carter are included, as well as special sections on Gothic Chapbooks, Bluebooks, and Shilling Shockers, Pre-Gothicism and Graveyard Verse, Classical English Authors and the Gothic, Gothic Revival Architecture, the Doppelganger in Gothic literature, and Anthologies and Collections of Gothic Fiction. A new section on teaching gothic fiction with TV and audiovisual materials is also included. Reflecting the global nature of contemporary Gothic studies, other special features include sections on French, German, Russian, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, Japanese, Australian, and Indian/Pakistani Gothic fiction. Readers are directed to pertinent websites and internet resources on authors and special subject areas. Two comprehensive indexes are included to facilitate searching. This impressive reference source proves that the genre of gothic fiction is not frozen in time, but rather is expanding exponetially across cultures, nations, and historical periods, making this a requisite addition to any academic library collection.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 PREFACE Chapter 2 1. PREVIOUS GUIDES TO THE GOTHIC: RESEARCH AND REFERENCE WORKS Chapter 3 2. BRITISH GOTHIC FICTION: GENERAL HISTORIES, CRITICAL, AND THEORETICAL STUDIES Chapter 4 BRITISH GOTHIC FICTION: INDIVIDUAL AUTHORS Chapter 5 INDEX OF CRITICS AND EDITORS Chapter 6 INDEX OF TITLES AND AUTHORS Part 7 VOLUME 2 Chapter 8 CANADIAN GOTHIC FICTION: GENERAL HISTORIES AND CRITICAL STUDIES Chapter 9 CANADIAN GOTHIC FICTION: INDIVIDUAL AUTHORS Chapter 10 AMERICAN GOTHIC FICTION: GENERAL HISTORIES AND CRITICAL STUDIES Chapter 11 AMERICAN GOTHIC FICTION: INDIVIDUAL AUTHORS Chapter 12 OTHER NATIONAL GOTHICS: INDIVIDUAL NATIONS AND AUTHORS Chapter 13 SPECIAL SUBJECT AREAS Chapter 14 MISCELLANEOUS SUBJECTS Chapter 15 INDEX OF CRITICS AND EDITORS Chapter 16 INDEX OF TITLES AND AUTHORS
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