Gothic Novels

In this extensive compilation Nicola Trott presents six foundational texts for the Gothic genre, from its inception in 1764 through to its evolution in highly developed narratives to 1820. Each text is given in its entirety without abridgement and is generously supplemented by responses and reviews from periodicals otherwise only available in major research libraries.

Designed for undergraduate and graduate level courses, the anthology provides headnotes and introductions that place the Gothic in its cultural and historical context, relate works to their contemporary reception, and make distinctions between gothic and the related forms of oriental and Jacobin fiction.