Carol Davison 
History of the Gothic: Gothic Literature 1764-1824 

This title offers a detailed yet accessible introduction to classic British Gothic literature and the popular sub-category of the Female Gothic designed for the student reader.

Works by such classic Gothic authors as Horace Walpole, Matthew Lewis, Ann Radcliffe, William Godwin, and Mary Shelley are examined against the backdrop of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century British social and political history and significant intellectual/cultural developments. Identification and interpretation of the Gothic’s variously reconfigured major motifs and conventions is provided alongside suggestions for further critical reading, a timeline of notable Gothic-related publications, and consideration of various theoretical approaches.

About the author

Carol Margaret Davison is Full Professor and Department Head at the University of Windsor, Ontario, Canada, and the Director of the sickly taper website, the world’s largest and most comprehensive website devoted to Gothic bibliography (www.thesicklytaper.com). A former Canada-U.S. Fulbright scholar and author of Anti-Semitism and British Gothic Literature (Palgrave Macmillan 2004), she has recently completed a co-edited collection, Scottish Gothic: An Edinburgh Companion, with Dr. Monica Germanà (forthcoming in 2016) and edited The Gothic