Gothic and Gender: An Introduction

Introduction.

1 Patriarchal Narratives in the Work of Horace Walpole, Clara Reeve, and Sophia Lee.

2 The Aesthetic of the Sublime in the Work of Matthew Lewis, Charlotte Dacre, and Charles Maturin.

3 Rethinking the Sublime in the Novels of Ann Radcliffe.

4 From the Sublime to the Uncanny: Godwin and Wollstonecraft.

5 Uncanny Monsters in the Work of Mary Shelley, John Polidori, and James Malcolm Rymer.

6 Confronting the Uncanny in the Brontës.

7 The “Unhomely” Nation of Gothic Narratives: Charlotte Smith, Charles Brockden Brown, and Matthew Lewis.

8 Feminist, Postmodern, Postcolonial: Margaret Atwood and Ann-Marie Macdonald Respond to the Gothic.

Coda: Criticism of the Gothic.

Notes.

Bibliography.

Index