Introduction: The 'Gothic' in Western culture / Jerrold E. Hogle
2. The genesis of 'Gothic' fiction / E. J. Clery
3. The 1790s: the effulgence of Gothic / Robert Miles
4. French and German Gothic: the beginnings / Terry Hale
5. Gothic fictions and Romantic writing in Britain / Michael Gamer
6. The Scottish and Irish Gothic / David Punter
7. English Gothic theatre / Jeffrey N. Cox
8. The Victorian Gothic in English novels and stories, 1830-85 / Alison Milbank
9. The rise of American Gothic / Eric Savoy
10. British Gothic fiction, 1885-1930 / Kelly Hurley
11. The Gothic on screen / Misha Kavka
12. Colonial and post-colonial Gothic: The Caribbean / Lizabeth Paravinisi-Gebert
13. The contemporary Gothic: why we need it / Steven Bruhm
14. Aftergothic (consumption, machines, and Black Holes) / Fred Botting.