Reviews
'He ... provides an excellent demonstration of the gothic foundations of detective fiction. Mighall's command of the primary and secondary literature makes for illuminating readings of many contributors to Victorian fiction, both great and small.'B. F. Fisher, Choice, Sept. 00., '... excellent book .. this is an original, thoughtful and ground-breakingbook. No student of Victorian literature can afford to neglect it. Unusuallyfor a critical book, it is also great fun'Michael Newton, THES, 'judiciously and convincingly using different discursive contexts to shed light on the heritage from the Gothic of Victorian fiction.'Victor Sage, "An important and robustly argumentative definition of the Gothic.... [It] redraws the critical map."--John Sutherland, Independent on Sunday "Mighall's command of the primary and secondary literature makes for illuminating readings of many contributors to Victorian fiction, both great and small."--Choice, 'He ... provides an excellent demonstration of the gothic foundations ofdetective fiction. Mighall's command of the primary and secondary literaturemakes for illuminating readings of many contributors to Victorian fiction, bothgreat and small.'B. F. Fisher, Choice, Sept. 00., 'judiciously and convincingly using different discursive contexts to shed light on the heritage from the Gothic of Victorian fiction.'Victor Sage'always remains genuinely challenging'Victor Sage'this book is a serious and well-documented contribution to the study of the Gothic mode, which sheds some fascinating light on what currently remains a really problematic area for the scholar; namely, the mysterious transition from the popular gene of the literary histories (1764-1820) to the survival and diffusion of the mode in Victorian texts ... It is Mighall's sharpness and detail which makes the book's anti-essentialism a real contribution to thehistory of the Gothic in the nineteenth century.'Victor Sage'He ... provides an excellent demonstration of the gothic foundations of detective fiction. Mighall's command of the primary and secondary literature makes for illuminating readings of many contributors to Victorian fiction, both great and small.'B. F. Fisher, Choice, Sept. 00.''an important and robustly argumentative definition of the Gothic. ... [It] redraws the critical map'.' John Sutherland, Independent on Sunday 29/11/99'... excellent book .. this is an original, thoughtful and ground-breaking book. No student of Victorian literature can afford to neglect it. Unusually for a critical book, it is also great fun'Michael Newton, THES, "An important and robustly argumentative definition of the Gothic.... [It] redraws the critical map."--John Sutherland,Independent on Sunday "Mighall's command of the primary and secondary literature makes for illuminating readings of many contributors to Victorian fiction, both great and small."--Choice, "An important and robustly argumentative definition of the Gothic.... [It] redraws the critical map."--John Sutherland, Independent on Sunday"Mighall's command of the primary and secondary literature makes for illuminating readings of many contributors to Victorian fiction, both great and small."--Choice, 'this book is a serious and well-documented contribution to the study of the Gothic mode, which sheds some fascinating light on what currently remains a really problematic area for the scholar; namely, the mysterious transition from the popular gene of the literary histories (1764-1820) to thesurvival and diffusion of the mode in Victorian texts ... It is Mighall's sharpness and detail which makes the book's anti-essentialism a real contribution to the history of the Gothic in the nineteenth century.'Victor Sage, '... excellent book .. this is an original, thoughtful and ground-breaking book. No student of Victorian literature can afford to neglect it. Unusually for a critical book, it is also great fun'Michael Newton, THES, ''an important and robustly argumentative definition of the Gothic. ... [It] redraws the critical map'.' John Sutherland, Independent on Sunday 29/11/99
