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Edith Nesbit
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Thomas Lovell Beddoes
undead
Violet Hunt
Product details
- ISBN 9781526181923
- Weight: 564g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 16 Sep 2025
- Publisher: Manchester University Press
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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Ghosts have long been connected with the Gothic, but until now there has not been a book dedicated to the subject. This collection examines ghostly presences (and absences) in both classic and lesser-known Gothic texts from the beginning of the genre to the present in a global context. Arguing that the undead, in the form of ghosts, are intrinsic to the Gothic mode, essays in the collection question the place of manifested spirits. The Gothic has always been ‘political’, and essays in this collection examine some of the most relevant issues facing us today: from the destruction of the natural environment, to questions of ‘freedom’, to gender politics.
Ruth Heholt is Professor of Literature and Culture at Falmouth University
Joanne Ella Parsons is Senior Lecturer in English and Writing at Falmouth University
