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Downloaded by [Nanjing University] at 09:23 20 December 2012 GOTHIC In this accessible and lucid introduction Fred Botting traces the sources and developments of a transgressive genre which has thrived for over two centuries. He examines the key texts, origins and writers, as well as their cultural and historical location, their criti cal reception and their influence. Gothic focuses on the various styles and forms of the genre and analyses the cultural significance of its prevalent figures: the ghosts, monsters, vampires, doubles and horrors that are its definitiv e features. Botting tr aces its history from its origins in the eighteenth century through to modernist and postmodernist representations. He offers a broad overview of the themes, images and effects that not only define the genre but also endure and reappear endlessly in both ‘high’ and ‘popular’ literature and culture. Gothic is an enlightening textbook which students new to the daunting subject of literary theory will find both essential reading and an invaluable foundation for further study. Fred Botting lectures on Romanticism and literary theory at Lancaster University. He is the author of Making Monstrous: Frankenstein, Criticism, Theory and editor of Frankenstein: A New Casebook. Downloaded by [Nanjing University] at 09:23 20 December 2012 THE NEW CRITICAL IDIOM SERIES EDITOR: JOHN DRAKAKIS, UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING The New Critical Idiom is an invaluable series of introductory guides to today’s critical terminology. Each book: ? provides a handy, explanatory guide to the use (and abuse) of the term ? offers an original and distinctive overview by a leading literary and cultural critic ? relates the term to the larger field of cultural representation. With a strong emphasis on clarity, lively debate and the widest possible breadth of examples, The New Critical Idiom is an indispensable approach to key topics in literary studies. ? See below for new books in this series. Gothic by Fred Bo