'Romantic Gothic is directed throughout by exciting new research and original lines of enquiry, featuring new interdisciplinary work on Gothic's engagements with science, theology, and architecture, and introducing sophisticated transnational perspectives. It will reshape critical understanding of the interlaced styles, and cultures, of Romanticism and Gothic fiction, poetry, and drama.' Fiona Robertson, St Mary's University Traces the Gothic impulses in proto-Romantic and Romantic British, American and European culture, 1740-1830 Extending recent critical interrogations of the Gothic/Romantic divide, this collection of essays provides a thorough overview of the Gothic impulses in Romantic-era literary culture, from the graveyard verse of the 1740s, through the heady politics of the later eighteenth century, and into the writings of the second-generation Romantic poets. The book is an indispensable resource for both students and scholars of British, American and European literary culture in the period 1740 to 1830. Key Features - First major collection devoted solely to the so-called 'first wave' of Gothic writing, 1740-1830 - Contains an introductory essay, written by the editors, that places the Gothic/Romantic divide in historical context, as well as fresh critical reconsiderations of the Gothic's relation to travel, architecture, politics and theology - A chapter-by-chapter overview of all the major forms of Gothic in the late eighteenth century, including poetry, romance, shorter tales and fragments, drama and Oriental Gothic - Explores early Gothic writing not only in Britain, but in Europe and America too Angela Wright is Professor of Romantic Literature at the University of Sheffield, and co-President of the International Gothic Association. Her recent publications include Britain, France and the Gothic, 1764-1820: The Import of Terror (2013); and, with Dale Townshend (eds), Ann Radcliffe, Romanticism and the Gothic (2014). Dale Townshend is Senior Lecturer in Gothic and Romantic Studies at the University of Stirling, and director of the MLitt in The Gothic Imagination. His published books include The Gothic World (with Glennis Byron; 2014); and Terror and Wonder: The Gothic Imagination (2014). Cover image: Abney Park Cemetery, London (c) William Hughes Cover design: [EUP logo] www.euppublishing.com Angela Wright is Professor of Romantic Literature at the University of Sheffield, and co-President of the International Gothic Association. Her recent publications include Britain, France and the Gothic, 1764-1820: The Import of Terror (2013); and, with Dale Townshend (eds.) Ann Radcliffe, Romanticism and the Gothic (2014). Dale Townshend is Senior Lecturer in Gothic and Romantic Studies at the University of Stirling, and director of the MLitt in The Gothic Imagination. His published books include The Gothic World (with Glennis Byron; 2014); and Terror and Wonder: The Gothic Imagination (2014).