Twentieth-Century Gothic

During the latter half of the twentieth century the Gothic emerged as one of the liveliest and most significant areas of academic inquiry within literary, film, and popular culture studies. This volume provides an accessible and timely snapshot of key concepts and developments associated with the Twentieth-Century Gothic, tracing the development of the mode from the fin de siècle to 9/11. The eighteen chapters featured within reflect the interdisciplinary and ever-evolving nature of the Gothic, which, during this century, migrated from literature and drama to the cinema, and television. The volume has both a chronological and thematic focus, but has a particular focus upon topics and themes related to race, identity, marginality and technology. The volume provides a useful teaching tool for teachers and lecturers who wish to provide undergraduate and postgraduate students with a timely and accessible overview of key texts and topics associated with the Gothic in the twentieth century. The inclusion of supplementary material such as the suggested further reading prompts at the end of each chapter are intended to facilitate further independent research by readers and researchers. Essays on the relationship between the Gothic in the twentieth century and relatively recent but highly significant critical areas such as the ecogothic, Gothic Studies as a discipline, Medical Humanities, Queer studies, African American Studies and Russian Gothic have been commissioned to ensure that the collection is as up-to-date and as original as possible.