Gothic Literature: A Gale Critical Companion (Gale Critical Companion Collection)

Gothic Literature is the fourth set in the Gale Critical Companion Collection, the series that provides a broad contextual understanding of topics and movements in literature and the humanities. This exciting three-volume set spans all facets of the gothic, including visual and performing arts, society and culture, themes and settings and much more. Authors covered include: Margaret Atwood Angela Carter Nathaniel Hawthorne Washing Irving Stephen King Edgar Allan Poe Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Bram Stoker Oscar Wilde A many others Complete with primary source documents and critical material to provide contextual perspective, a related chronology of key events, full-text commentaries, lists of further readings and many other extras, this new set benefits everyone from students doing gothic research to the general gothic fiction reader. This three-volume set spans all facets of the gothic, including visual and performing arts, society and culture, themes and settings and much more. Authors covered include: Margaret Atwood, Angela Carter, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Washington Irving, Stephen King, Edgar Allan Poe, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Bram Stoker, Oscar Wilde and many others. Complete with primary source documents and critical material to provide contextual perspective, a related chronology of key events, full-text commentaries, lists of further readings and many other extras, this new set benefits everyone from students doing gothic research to the general gothic fiction reader A three-volume encyclopedia of Gothic literature. The first volume presents an overview of Gothic literature and examines the cultural origins and representations of the Gothic in literature, the performing arts, and the visual arts. The second and third volumes contain entries on thirty-seven authors such as Stephen King, Edgar Allan Poe, and Bram Stoker. These entries typically profile the author and list principal works as well as provide general and title commentary Gothic Literature: A Gale Critical Companion......Page 1 Volume 1......Page 2 Volume 2......Page 600 Volume 3......Page 1174 v. 1. Topics v. 2. Authors A-K v. 3. Authors L-Z.