Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-253) and index.
Contents:
Prologue: The history of gothic fiction -- History and the gothic novel -- Female gothic and the secret terrors of sensibility -- Revolution and libertinism in the gothic novel -- Science, conspiracy and the gothic enlightenment -- Vampires, credulity and reason -- Zombies and the occultation of slavery.
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