Gothic Writers: A Critical and Bibliographical Guide

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From Library Journal
Aimed at scholars seeking criticism as well as general readers pursuing an introduction to Gothic studies, this resource presents some 50 authors, with one entry also covering chapbooks, bluebooks, short stories, and plays. Each entry includes a list of the subject's principal Gothic works, an analytical essay, and a bibliography of selected criticism. While most of the authors are British or American, foreign-language writers are also represented; those included range from Jane Austen, Charles Dickens, and Horace Walpole to Edgar Allan Poe, Stephen King, and Toni Morrison to Vladimir Odoevsky, Friedrich Schiller, and the Marquis de Sade. A time line of works from 1762 to 1999 and a bibliography of critical resources (including web sites) round out the volume. The editors, who are all English professors (Thomson, Georgia Southern Univ.; Jack G. Voller, Southern Illinois Univ.; Frederick S. Frank, emeritus, Allegheny Coll.), have all published works in Gothic studies. While other noteworthy resources on this subject have appeared recently e.g., Marie Mulvey-Roberts's Handbook to Gothic Literature (New York Univ., 1998) and David Pringle's St. James Guide to Horror, Ghost and Gothic Writers (St. James, 1998) Gothic Writers presents a more comprehensive picture by including authors and works not previously considered within this genre. Recommended for academic libraries. Denise J. Stankovics, Rockville P.L., Vernon, CT
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Booklist
As the field of Gothic studies has mushroomed in the last few decades, so, too, has the academic debate about the meaning of the term. Though they do not provide their own definition, the editors of this volume have chosen "to reflect the repercussions of the broader application of the adjective 'Gothic' currently used to describe many works and writers not previously associated with horror literature." They cover not only familiar eighteenth-century horror writers such as Ann Radcliff and Horace Walpole, but also Margaret Atwood, Stephen King, D. H. Lawrence, Herman Melville, and Joyce Carol Oates, as well as several non-Western writers.Each of the 52 author entries and 2 thematic entries contains a list of principal Gothic works as well as modern reprints and editions, followed by a critical essay examining Gothic themes. At the end of each entry, the researcher finds an annotated bibliography of scholarly works. The volume concludes with a time line of Gothic authors and works (1762-2000). Following the time line is a general bibliography of critical resources, including eight Web sites. There are two indexes, one of authors and titles and one of editors, compilers, and translators.Many of the authors found here are discussed in other resources, such as St. James Guide to Horror, Ghost, and Gothic Writers (Gale, 1998), but no other work treats them in the context of current Gothic studies. Recommended for academic and large public libraries. REVWR
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