Penny Dreadfuls and the Gothic: Investigations of Pernicious Tales of Terror

Uncovers neglected Gothic texts of the nineteenth century crucial to understanding working-class popular culture.

This collection of essays recovers a plethora of penny dreadful titles which have, until now, been largely neglected by literary studies and reveals the cultural, social, and literary significance of these working-class texts. It demonstrates the penny dreadful's importance to our understanding of both working-class Victorian...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1786839709
• ISBN13: 9781786839701
• Release Date: May 2023
• Publisher: University of Wales Press
• Length: 248 Pages