Gothic Horror: A Reader's Guide from Poe to King and Beyond

Acknowledgements - Introduction - Chronology of Significant Horror and Ghost Tales - EARLY ACCOUNTS - From 'The Man of the Crowd', from 'The Imp of the Perverse', 'The Philosophy of Composition', from 'Eureka', from 'Marginalia' E.A.Poe - Preface to 'The House of the Seven Gables' N.Hawthorne - From 'The Renaissance' W.Pater - From 'Nightmare Touch' L.Hearn - CLASSIC MODERN ACCOUNTS - From 'The Uncanny' S.Freud - On Algernon Blackwood H.Belloc - From 'Supernatural Horror in Literature' H.P.Lovercraft - From 'The Vampire in Literature' M.Summers - Author's Note from 'The Devil Rides Out' D.Wheatley - On Horror Writers R.Bloch - Symposium on H.P. Lovecraft Los Angeles Science Fiction Society - From 'Danse Macabre', from 'An Interview in Playboy, from 'An Evening at Billericay Public Library' S.King - On Stephen King W.Strieber - On Horror and Subversion C.Barker - CONTEMPORARY CRITICAL ACCOUNTS - From 'Night Visitors' J.Briggs - From 'The Literature of Terror' D.Punter - From 'The Fantastic' T.Todorov - From 'Fantasy' R.Jackson - On 'The Vampire Tapestry' A.C.Francis - On 'The Haunting of Hill House' J.Newman - On Edgar Allan Poe J.G.Kennedy - On Victorian Horror M.Aguirre - On Angela Carter G.Wisker - On Sex and Horror J.Nicholson - On Horror and Censorship S.Holland - On Horror and Religion R.F.Geary - Recommended Reading - Index