Irish Gothic: An Edinburgh Companion

The Irish Gothic: An Edinburgh Companion provides a comprehensive account of the engagements with the Gothic mode by Irish artists from the eighteenth century to today, challenging conventional conceptualizations and offering new critical perspectives. It explores the extent to which Gothic can be traced in Irish cultural life across elite and popular genres, and through a range of different media, including literature, cinema, and folklore. The collection provides a useful research tool for established researchers and undergraduate and postgraduate students, offering fresh perspectives on Irish Gothic and its pervasiveness in Irish culture from the eighteenth century to today.

Format: Hardback
Length: 296 pages
Publication date: 31 July 2023
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press

From the eighteenth century to the present day, Irish artists have engaged with the Gothic mode in a variety of ways, challenging traditional conceptualizations and understanding of the genre. This comprehensive collection, edited by leading scholars in the field, offers a fresh perspective on Irish Gothic by exploring a cross-generic selection of literary and cultural forms. It expands the body of texts traditionally associated with Irish Gothic cultural production, offering the most expansive and comprehensive overview of the subject to date.

The collection presents cutting-edge approaches to Irish Gothic, while summarizing the critical discourse that has shaped and continues to shape the field. It provides a valuable research tool for established researchers, undergraduate, and postgraduate students alike.

Irish Gothic: An Edinburgh Companion provides a comprehensive account of the extent to which Gothic can be traced in Irish cultural life from the eighteenth to the twenty-first century. It explores the genre across both elite and popular genres, and through a range of different media, including literature, cinema, and folklore. The collection responds to the understanding that Gothic is ubiquitous in Irish literature, and rather than focusing exclusively on the oft-studied Irish Gothic foursome of Charles Maturin, Sheridan Le Fanu, Oscar Wilde, and Bram Stoker, it turns attention to overlooked minor figures such as Regina Maria Roche, Stephen Cullen, and Anne Fuller.

At the same time, the collection considers the multi-generic nature of Irish Gothic, thinking beyond fiction and, in particular, the novel, as the Gothic genre par excellence. By doing so, it affords fresh perspectives on the genre and its enduring influence on Irish cultural life.

In conclusion, Irish Gothic: An Edinburgh Companion is a vital resource for scholars and students interested in the Gothic mode in Irish cultural life. It offers a comprehensive and interdisciplinary approach to the subject, providing a fresh perspective on the genre and its enduring influence.

Dimension: 234 x 156 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781399500555
Edition number: 111,083 ed.