Empire and the Gothic
Hughes, W. / Smith, A.![Empire and the Gothic](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/200/20046866/CHSBZCOP0320046866.jpg)
This innovative volume considers the relationship between the Gothic and theories of Post-Colonialism. Contributors explore how writers such as Salman Rushdie, Arunhati Roy and Ruth Prawer Jhabvala use the Gothic for postcolonial ends. Post-Colonial theory is applied to earlier Gothic narratives in order to re-examine the ostensibly colonialist writings of William Beckford, Charlotte Dacre, H. Rider Haggard and Bram Stoker. Contributors includ...