The Female Gothic: New Directions

This rich and varied collection of essays makes a timely contribution to critical debates about the Female Gothic, a popular but contested area of literary studies.

The contributors revisit key Gothic themes - gender, race, the body, monstrosity, metaphor, motherhood, and nationality - to open up new critical directions.

Author: D. Wallace
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 11/12/2009
Pages: 236
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.70w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9780230222717

About the Author
DIANA WALLACE is a Reader in English at the University of Glamorgan, UK. She is the author of The Woman's Historical Novel: British Women Writers, 1900-2000 (2005) and Sisters and Rivals in British Women's Fiction, 1914-39 (2000), and co-editor (with Andrew Smith) of a special edition of Gothic Studies on 'The Female Gothic' (2004).

ANDREW SMITH is a Professor of English Studies at the University of Glamorgan, UK where he is Co-Director of the Research Centre for Literature, Arts and Science (RCLAS). Published books include Gothic Literature (2007), Victorian Demons (2004), and Gothic Radicalism (2000). He edits, with Benjamin F. Fisher, the series 'Gothic Literary Studies', for the University of Wales Press.

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