Literature, the Gothic and the Reconstruction of History: The Past as Nightmare

Literature, the Gothic and the Reconstruction of History, made up of contributions from archivists, historians and literary critics, examines how horror fiction and the wider Gothic mode have engaged with the constructed conception of ＂history＂.

Neil Cocks is Associate Professor in the Department of English Literature at the University of Reading, UK. He has published widely on subjects as diverse as Victorian Literature, Children’s Literature, Ayn Rand, Critical University Studies, Film Theory and the Gothic.

Daniel Renshaw is Lecturer in Modern History in the Department of History at the University of Reading, UK. His research focuses on migration, diaspora, prejudice and identity in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.