The Edinburgh Companion to Globalgothic

The Edinburgh Companion to Global Gothic is a comprehensive exploration of gothic fiction in the international context, examining how it engages with global histories and phenomena such as resource imperialism, colonial history, diasporic identity, economic unions, the rise of the internet, enthnnonationalism, and ecocidal power. It offers a range of new global gothic approaches and modes, demonstrating that gothic is a key register for negotiating the challenges and histories of our uneven global present.

Format: Hardback
Length: 520 pages
Publication date: 31 July 2023
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press

The Edinburgh Companion to Global Gothic is a groundbreaking exploration of gothic fiction in the international context, offering a comprehensive theorization of global gothic in the age of planetary crisis. This volume substantially reworks accounts of gothic and globalisation, delving into the profound engagements between gothic literature and global histories and phenomena. By examining texts from across six continents, the companion provides a rich and nuanced understanding of how gothic imagines, colludes with, or interrogates relationships and phenomena that are truly planetary in scale.

Chapters in this volume address a wide range of gothic engagements, including but not limited to resource imperialism, ongoing colonial history, diasporic identity, the collapse of economic unions, the rise of the internet, enthnationalism, and entangled systems of gendered, racialised, and ecocidal power. In doing so, the collection moves beyond the framework of globalisation to identify a diverse range of new global gothic approaches and modes. It demonstrates that gothic is a key, though sometimes complicit, register for negotiating the challenges and histories of our uneven global present.

The Edinburgh Companion to Global Gothic is an essential resource for scholars, students, and enthusiasts of gothic literature, cultural studies, and global history. It offers a wealth of insights and perspectives that will deepen our understanding of the enduring power and relevance of gothic fiction in the contemporary world.

Weight: 992g
Dimension: 155 x 177 x 30 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781399510585
Edition number: 259,706 ed.