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Informationen zum Autor David Punter is Professor of English at the University of Bristol. He has written extensively on Gothic, romantic, and modern literature, literary theory, and psychoanalysis, as well as producing four volumes of poetry. His recent publications include The Gothic (with Glennis Byron, Blackwell, 2004), Metaphor (2007), Modernity (2007), and Rapture: Literature, Addiction, Secrecy (2009). Klappentext Now thoroughly expanded and updated, this widely acclaimed Companion provides a series of stimulating insights into Gothic writing, its history, and its genealogy. The volume offers comprehensive coverage of criticism of the Gothic and of the various theoretical approaches it has inspired and spawned.This new edition now contains twelve brand new essays; six of these constitute an additional part on "The Globalization of Gothic," which provides an invaluable reflection on the direction Gothic criticism has taken over the last decade. The additional six contributions cover the topics of Gothic Shakespeare, the Gothic ballad, the Gothic sublime, Gothic and the graphic novel, Goth culture, and the Gothic and hospitality. Original essays have, where necessary, been revised and updated to reflect the very latest debates in the discipline. The volume begins with a substantial introduction, individual chapters feature lists of primary and secondary bibliographic materials, and the essays are written by leading scholars in the field.David Punter is widely recognized as the founder of modern criticism of the Gothic, and is therefore ideally placed to edit what has become the standard reference work for scholars and students of Gothic. Zusammenfassung Thoroughly expanded and updated! this widely acclaimed Companion provides a series of stimulating insights into Gothic writing! its history and genealogy. The New Companion offers comprehensive coverage of the criticism of Gothic writing! and of the various theoretical approaches that it has inspired. Inhaltsverzeichnis Notes on ContributorsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: The Ghost of a History - David PunterPart I. Gothic BackgroundsPart II. The Original GothicPart III. Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century TransformationsPart IV. Gothic Theory and GenrePart V. The Globalization of GothicPart VI. The Continuing DebateIndex...
