Routledge Transnational Gothic Literary and Social Exchanges

Transnational Gothic: Literary and Social Exchanges in the Long Nineteenth Century by Routledge offers a wide variety of critical approaches to late eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Gothic literature. This collection provides a transnational view regarding the emergence and flowering of the Gothic genre. Rather than concentrating exclusively on race, gender, or nation, these essays focus on international issues. The text examines religious traditions, social reform, economic and financial pitfalls, manifest destiny and expansion, changing concepts of nationhood, and destabilizing moments of empire-building. By looking at a wide array of Gothic texts, this work provides a deep look into the social and literary exchanges of the long nineteenth century.