The Gothic and Theory - (Edinburgh Companions to the Gothic) by Jerrold E Hogle & Robert Miles (Paperback)

About the Book

This collection provides a thorough representation of the early and ongoing conversation between Gothic and theory - philosophical, aesthetic, psychological and cultural.

Book Synopsis

Provides a scholarly account of the striking interplay between the Gothic and theory over two-and-a-half centuries
This collection provides a thorough representation of the early and ongoing conversation between Gothic and theory - philosophical, aesthetic, psychological and cultural - both in the many modes of Gothic and in many of the realms of theory now current in the modern world. Each essay focuses on a particular kind of theory-Gothic relationship, every one of which has a history and each of which is still being explored in enactments of the Gothic and of theory today.
Key Features
Provides the first detailed discussion of the interrelationship between literary theory and the Gothic from the inception of the Gothic to the present dayEnables students to connect what otherwise seem a wide variety of diverse phenomena, from the rise of philosophical 'emotivism' to poetic tales of terror and Gothic filmAdvances current scholarly investigation, by invigorating debates within both Gothic studies and literary theory. Makes connections between a wide variety of issues, from eco-crisis and contemporary culture wars to the persistent problem of the 'other'

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Provides a scholarly account of the striking interplay between the Gothic and theory over two-and-a-half centuries. This collection provides a thorough representation of the early and ongoing conversation between Gothic and theory - philosophical, aesthetic, psychological and cultural - both in the many modes of Gothic and in many of the realms of theory now current in the modern world. Each essay focuses on a particular kind of theory-Gothic relationship, every one of which has a history and each of which is still being explored in enactments of the Gothic and of theory today. Jerrold E. Hogle is Professor of English Emeritus and University Distinguished Professor at the University of Arizona. Robert Miles is Professor of English at the University of Victoria, British Columbia.

Review Quotes

The Gothic and Theory gives readers different ways to think about the relationship between theory and the gothic. It will be especially useful for those who teach classes on the gothic in a transhistorical and transnational way, and it makes a convincing argument that the gothic remains one of the most productive forms in which to think through our contemporary cultural problems.--Peter DeGabriele, Mississippi State University "Eighteenth-Century Fiction"

Jerrold E. Hogle and Robert Miles stage an impressive rehearsal of the present state of a quarter-millennium of "conversation" between "Gothic" and "theory."--Tom Duggett, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University "The Wordsworth Circle 50.4 (Fall 2019 - published January 2020)"

This delightful collection of essays illuminates the symbiotic nature of the relationship between the Gothic and Theory. The editors are to be congratulated on assembling what is sure to become an indispensable volume for both students and scholars of the Gothic and of Theory.-- "Angela Wright, University of Sheffield"

About the Author

Jerrold E. Hogle is Professor of English and University Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the University of Arizona in the USA and Past President of the International Gothic Association. His published books include Shelley's Process (1988), The Undergrounds of The Phantom of the Opera (2002), and both The Cambridge Companion to Gothic Fiction and The Cambridge Companion to the Modern Gothic.

Robert Miles is Professor of English at the University of Victoria in British Columbia and Past President of the International Gothic Association. His published books include Gothic Writing 1750-1820: A Genealogy (1993), Ann Radcliffe: The Great Enchantress (1995), and Romantic Misfits (2008). He is the co-editor, with E.J. Clery, of Gothic Documents: A Sourcebook 1700-1820 (2000).