Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents iii
3. Acknowledgements iv
4. Introduction: From Gothic Wanderer to Nomadic Subject 1
5. 1. Un-homing Psychoanalysis through Neil Gaiman’s Coraline 40
6. 2. Fleeing Identifi cation in Darren Shan’s Zom-B 69
7. 3. Exiled Lovers and Gothic Romance in Jamila Gavin’s Coram Boy and Paula Morris’s Ruined 103
8. 4. Relocating the Mainstream in Frankenweenie and Paranorman 136
9. 5. The ‘Great Outdoors’ in the Weird Fiction of Derek Landy and Anthony Horowitz 174
10. Conclusion: Francis Hardinge’s The Lie Tree and Beyond 199
11. Works Cited 207
12. Index 221