The Gothic Child

Fascination with the dark and death threats are now accepted features of contemporary fantasy and fantastic fictions for young readers. These go back to the early gothic genre in which child characters were extensively used by authors. The aim of this book is to rediscover the children in their work.

Author: Margarita Georgieva
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 01/01/2013
Pages: 220
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.67lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.54d
ISBN: 9781349455027

About the Author

Margarita Georgieva is a lecturer at the Université de Nice in France. She teaches professional translation and English courses. Her most recent translation is Dr Vanessa Marcié's Culture and Politics in France (2012). Georgieva's research interests range from 18th and 19th-century gothic to science fiction, fantasy literature and the child.