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This groundbreaking study analyzes the development of American gothic literature alongside nineteenth-century discourses of passing and racial ambiguity.By bringing together these areas of analysis, Justin Edwards considers the following questions. How are the categories of "race" and the rhetoric of racial difference tied to the language of gothicism? What can these discursive ties tell us about a range of social boundaries-gender, sexuality, class, race, etc.-during the nineteenth century? What can the construction and destabilization of these social boundaries tell us

Ambiguity in literature. --- American fiction --- Gothic revival (Literature) --- Horror tales, American --- Passing (Identity) in literature. --- Race in literature. --- Racially mixed people in literature. --- History and criticism. --- Mulattoes in literature --- AMERICAN FICTION --- RACE RELATIONS --- RACE IN LITERATURE --- AMBIGUITE DANS LA LITTERATURE --- NEO-GOTHIQUE (LITTERATURE) --- 19th CENTURY --- U.S. --- ETATS-UNIS --- Multiracial people in literature.

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This volume, a collection with contributions from some of the major scholars of the Gothic in literature and culture, reflects on how recent Gothic studies have foregrounded a plethora of technologies associated with Gothic literary and cultural production. The engaging essays look into the links between technologies and the proliferation of the Gothic seen in an excess of Gothic texts and tropes: Frankensteinesque experiments, the manufacture of synthetic (true?) blood, Moreauesque hybrids, the power of the Borg, Dr Jekyll's chemical experimentations, the machinery of Steampunk, or the corporeal modifications of Edward Scissorhands. Further, they explore how techno-science has contributed to the proliferation of the Gothic: Gothic in social media, digital technologies, the on-line gaming and virtual Goth/ic communities, the special effects of Gothic-horror cinema. Contributors address how Gothic technologies have, in a general sense, produced and perpetuated ideologies and influenced the politics of cultural practice, asking significant questions: How has the technology of the Gothic contributed to the writing of self and other? How have Gothic technologies been gendered, sexualized, encrypted, coded or de-coded? How has the Gothic manifested itself in new technologies across diverse geographical locations? This volume explores how Gothic technologies textualize identities and construct communities within a complex network of power relations in local, national, transnational, and global contexts. It will be of interest to scholars of the literary Gothic, extending beyond to include fascinating interventions into the areas of cultural studies, popular culture, science fiction, film, and TV. -- Provided by publisher.

Gothic revival (Literature) --- Technology in literature --- Gothic fiction (Literary genre) --- History and criticism

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Postcolonial Travel Writing challenges prevailing notions of travel writing as intrinsically colonial and Eurocentric, exploring the works of writers including Jamaica Kincaid, Caryl Phillips, V. S. Naipaul, Pico Iyer and Jan Morris as rich and fascinating examples of the genre. Featuring original interviews with William Dalrymple and Pankaj Mishra, this exciting collection by internationally recognized scholars in the field offers a comprehensive study of postcolonial travel writing, from literature and memoir to essays and travel histories. The volume stands as an innovative benchmark study of future inquiries into the field, and will spark a much-needed rethinking of this vibrant and volatile genre.

Travelers' writings, Commonwealth (English) --- Travelers' writings, English --- Commonwealth prose literature (English) --- Travel in literature. --- Postcolonialism in literature. --- History and criticism. --- Récits de voyages anglophones --- Récits de voyages anglais --- Littérature anglophone --- Voyages --- Postcolonialisme --- Pays du Commonwealth --- Histoire et critique --- dans la littérature --- Récits de voyages anglophones --- Récits de voyages anglais --- Littérature anglophone --- dans la littérature

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The vast majority of Canadians live in cities, yet for the most part, discussions of Canadian literature have failed to actively engage with the country's urban experience. Canada's prevalent myths continue to be about nordicity and the wilderness, and, stereotypically at least, its literature is often perceived as being about small towns, rural areas, and 'roughing it in the bush.' Downtown Canada is a collection of essays that addresses Canada as an urban place. The contributors focus their attention on the writing of Canada's cities - including Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, Ottawa, and Halifax - and call attention to the centrality of the city in Canadian literature. They examine how characters are affected by the urban experience in works by a group of authors as diverse as the country itself: Hugh MacLennan, Jovette Marchessault, Michael Ondaatje, Austin Clarke, and Gerald Lynch, to name just a few. Editors Justin D. Edwards and Douglas Ivison have brought together an esteemed group of international Canadian literary scholars, and together they have created a book that is timely and unique, questioning conventional assumptions about Canadian literature, and Canadian culture more generally.

Canadian literature --- City and town life in literature. --- Literature and society --- History and criticism. --- 82.04 --- 820 <71> --- 840 <71> --- #KOHU:CANADIANA --- 82.04 Literaire thema's --- Literaire thema's --- 840 <71> Franse literatuur--Canada --- Franse literatuur--Canada --- 820 <71> Engelse literatuur--Canada --- Engelse literatuur--Canada --- City and town life in literature --- Literature --- Literature and sociology --- Society and literature --- Sociology and literature --- Sociolinguistics --- History and criticism --- Social aspects --- Canadian cities --- Kanada. --- Kanada --- Canada. --- Canada (Province) --- Canadae --- Ceanada --- Chanada --- Chanadey --- Dominio del Canadá --- Dominion of Canada --- Jianada --- Kʻaenada --- Kaineḍā --- Ḳanadah --- Kanadaja --- Kanadas --- Ḳanade --- Kanado --- Kanakā --- Province of Canada --- Republica de Canadá --- Yn Chanadey --- Canada --- Puissance du Canada --- Kanadier --- Provinz Kanada --- 01.07.1867 --- -Canadian cities --- Littérature et société --- Ville --- Littérature canadienne --- Dans la littérature --- 20e siècle --- Histoire et critique --- Littérature et société --- Littérature canadienne --- Dans la littérature --- 20e siècle

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