CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- JOHN AIKIN (1747- 1822) ANNA LAETITIA AIKIN BARBAULD (1743- 1825) -- WILLIAM HARRISON AINSWORTH (1805- 1882) -- UEDA AKINARI (1734- 1809) -- GERTRUDE ATHERTON (1857- 1948) -- MARGARET ATWOOD (1939- ) -- JANE AUSTEN AND THE NORTHANGER NOVELISTS (Lawrence Flammenberg [Karl Friedrich Kahlert], Carl Grosse, Francis Lathom, Eliza Parsons, Regina Maria Roche, and Eleanor Sleath) -- FRANÇOIS THOMAS MARIE de BACULARD d'ARNAUD (1718- 1805) -- WILLIAM BECKFORD (1760- 1844) -- AMBROSE GWINETT BIERCE (1842- 1914?) -- CHARLOTTE BRONTE ̈(1816- 1855) EMILY BRONTE ̈(1818- 1848) -- CHARLES BROCKDEN BROWN (1771- 1810) -- EDWARD BULWER-LYTTON (1803- 1873) -- WILKIE COLLINS (1824- 1889) -- CHARLOTTE DACRE [ROSA MATILDA] (1771/ 1772?- 1825) -- CHARLES DICKENS (1812- 1870) -- FRANÇOIS GUILLAUME DUCRAY- DUMINIL (1761- 1819) -- MARY WILKINS FREEMAN (1852- 1930) -- WILLIAM GODWIN (1756- 1836) -- GOTHIC CHAPBOOKS, BLUEBOOKS, AND SHORT STORIES IN THE MAGAZINES (1790- 1820) -- GOTHIC DRAMA (1768- 1830) -- NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE (1804- 1864) -- E[RNST] T[HEODOR] A[ MADEUS] HOFFMANN (1776- 1822) -- JAMES HOGG (1770- 1835) -- WASHINGTON IRVING (1783- 1859) -- HENRY JAMES (1843- 1916) -- STEPHEN KING (1947- ) -- IZUMI KYOKA (1873- 1939) -- D. H. LAWRENCE (1885- 1930) -- SOPHIA LEE (1750- 1824) -- JOSEPH SHERIDAN LE FANU (1814- 1873) -- MATTHEW GREGORY "MONK" LEWIS (1775- 1818) -- GEORGE LIPPARD (1822- 1854) -- H[OWARD] P[HILLIPS] LOVECRAFT (1890- 1937) -- ARTHUR MACHEN (1863- 1947) -- CHARLES ROBERT MATURIN (1782- 1824) -- HERMAN MELVILLE (1819- 1891) -- TONI MORRISON (1931- ) -- JOYCE CAROL OATES (1938- ) -- FLANNERY O'CONNOR (1925- 1964) -- VLADIMIR FYODOROVICH ODOEVSKY (1804- 1869) -- EDGAR ALLAN POE (1809- 1849) -- JOHN POLIDORI (1795- 1821) -- ANN RADCLIFFE (1764- 1823) -- CLARA REEVE (1729- 1807).

COUNT DONATIEN ALPHONSE FRANÇOIS SADE [THE MARQUIS DE SADE] (1740- 1814) -- FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER (1759- 1805) -- SIR WALTER SCOTT (1771- 1832) -- MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT SHELLEY (1797- 1851) -- PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY (1792- 1822) -- CHARLOTTE TURNER SMITH (1749- 1806) -- ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON (1850- 1894) -- BRAM STOKER (1847- 1912) -- LUDWIG TIECK (1773- 1853) -- HORACE WALPOLE (1717- 1797) -- TIMELINE OF GOTHIC AUTHORS AND WORKS (1762- 1999) -- GENERAL BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CRITICAL SOURCES AND RESOURCES -- INDEX OF AUTHORS AND TITLES -- INDEX OF CRITICS, EDITORS, AND TRANSLATORS -- ABOUT THE EDITORS AND CONTRIBUTORS.