Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgements vii
4. Introduction: Locating the Victorian Gothic 1
5. 1. Victorian Realism and the Gothic: Objects of Terror Transformed 15
6. 2. Sensation Fiction: A Peep Behind the Veil 29
7. 3. Victorian Gothic Pulp Fiction 43
8. 4. Victorian Gothic Drama 57
9. 5. Victorian Gothic Poetry: The Corpse’s [a] Text 72
10. 6. The Victorian Ghost Story 93
11. 7. Victorian Gothic and National Identity: Cross-Channel ‘Mysteries’ 108
12. 8. The Victorian Gothic and Gender 124
13. 9. Queer Victorian Gothic 142
14. 10. Victorian Gothic Death 156
15. 11. Science and the Gothic 170
16. 12. Victorian Medicine and the Gothic 186
17. 13. Imperial Gothic 202
18. 14. Fin-de-siècle Gothic 217
19. Bibliography 234
20. Notes on Contributors 251
21. Index 255