Introduction. The gothic, postcolonialism and otherness -- The gothic and otherness. Ghosts from the colonies ; The devil and the racial other ; Heathcliff as terrorist ; Smoke and darkness : the heart of Conrad ; Emotions and the gothic -- Postcolonialism and otherness. Can the other speak? ; Negotiating vodou : some Caribbean narratives of otherness ; Can the 'other half' be told? Brodber's Myal ; The option of magical realism ; Narration, literary language and the post/colonial -- Conclusion. Summing up
Summary
A lucid intervention in current debates about identity and difference, this book uses the concept of Otherness to look again at both Gothic fiction and Postcolonialism
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-192) and index