Penny Dreadfuls and the Gothic - Investigations of Pernicious Tales of Terror

This collection aims to resurrect the long-forgotten penny dreadfuls and revivify their significance in Gothic studies.

About the author

Nicole C. Dittmer is a lecturer of horror and gender studies at the College of New Jersey. Sophie Raine is a PhD candidate at Lancaster University.

Summary

This collection aims to resurrect the long-forgotten penny dreadfuls and revivify their significance in Gothic studies.

Product details

• Authors: Nicole C. Raine Dittmer
• Assisted by: Nicole C. Dittmer (Editor), Sophie Raine (Editor)
• Publisher: University of Wales Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.01.2023
• EAN: 9781786839701
• ISBN: 978-1-78683-970-1
• No. of pages: 248
• Series: Gothic Literary Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Terror, C, Cultural Studies, Gothic, Sophie, Penny, LITERARY CRITICISM / General, HISTORY / Modern / 19th Century, LITERARY CRITICISM / Gothic & Romance, tales, c 1800 to c 1900, of, Nicole, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Raine, Social classes, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Classes & Economic Disparity, Investigations, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, 1837–1901 (Victorian period), Dittmer, Dreadfuls, Pernicious