Gothic forms of feminine fictions

<p>Gothic forms of feminine fictions is a study of the powers of the Gothic in late twentieth-century fiction and film. Susanne Becker argues that the Gothic two hundred years after it emerged exhibits renewed vitality in our media age with its obsession for stimulation and excitement.<br><br>Today's globalised entertainment culture relying on soaps reality TV shows celebrity and excess is reflected in the emotional trajectory of the Gothic's violence eroticism and sentimental excess.<br><br>Gothic forms of feminine fictions discusses a wide range of anglophone Gothic romances from the classics through pulp fictions to a postmodern Gothica. This timely and original study is a major contribution to gender and genre theory as well as cultural criticism of the contemporary. It will appeal to scholars in a wide range of fields and become essential for students of the Gothic contemporary fiction - particularly Alice Munro and Margaret Atwood - and popular culture.</p>