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Teaching the Gothic

Palgrave Macmillan

Part of the book series: Teaching the New English (TENEEN)

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxi
  2. Introduction: Gothic Pedagogies

    • Anna Powell, Andrew Smith
    Pages 1-9
  3. Theorizing the Gothic

    • Jerrold E. Hogle
    Pages 29-47
  4. Romantic Gothic

    • Lauren Fitzgerald
    Pages 48-61
  5. Victorian Gothic

    • Julian Wolfreys
    Pages 62-77
  6. Postmodern Gothic

    • Lucie Armitt
    Pages 78-92
  7. Gothic Sexualities

    • Steven Bruhm
    Pages 93-106
  8. Female Gothic

    • Avril Horner, Sue Zlosnik
    Pages 107-120
  9. Adapting Gothic from Print to Screen

    • Anna Powell
    Pages 121-135
  10. American Gothic

    • Allan Lloyd-Smith
    Pages 136-152
  11. Imperial Gothic

    • Patrick Brantlinger
    Pages 153-167
  12. Postcolonial Gothic

    • Gina Wisker
    Pages 168-181
  13. Postgraduate Developments

    • Andrew Smith
    Pages 182-196
  14. Back Matter

    Pages 197-214

About this book

Teaching the Gothic provides a clear and accessible account of how scholarship on the Gothic has influenced the way in which the Gothic is taught. The book examines a range of topics including Gothic criticism, Theory, Romantic Gothic, Victorian Gothic, Female Gothic, Gothic Sexualities, Gothic Film and Postgraduate developments.

Reviews

'The New English Series is a welcome and timely contribution to the changing canon, curriculum, and classroom practice of English in higher education. Imaginatively conceived and professionally edited, the series will be required reading for instructors in English studies worldwide.' - Professor Elaine Showalter, Professor Emerita of English, Princeton University, USA, and Author of Teaching Literature

Editors and Affiliations

  • Manchester Metropolitan University, UK

    Anna Powell

  • University of Glamorgan, UK

    Andrew Smith

About the editors

LUCIE ARMITT Senior Lecturer in English, University of Wales, Bangor, UK PATRICK BRANTLINGER Rudy Professor Emeritus of English at Indiana University, USA STEVEN BRUHM Professor of English, Mount St. Vincent University, Halifax, USA LAUREN FITZGERALD Associate Professor of English, Yeshiva University, USA JERROLD E. HOGLE Professor of English, University Distinguished Professor and Vice Provost for Instruction at the University of Arizona, USA AVRIL HORNER Professor of English, Kingston University, London, UK WILLIAM HUGHES Professor of Gothic Studies, Bath Spa University College, UK ALLAN LLOYD-SMITH Senior Lecturer, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK GINA WISKER Women's Studies Co-ordinator and Director for Learning and Teaching Development at Anglia Polytechnic University, UK JULIAN WOLFREYS Professor of English, University of Florida, USA SUE ZLOSNIK Professor of English and Head of Department at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK

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