From the Publisher
"Andrew Hock Soon Ng offers a boldly interdisciplinary take on postmodern gothic horror. His study moves deftly among a variety of psychoanalytic theories, studies of genre, and discussions of the social and psychological operation of space. His paired readings of Toni Morrison's Beloved with Valerie Martin's Property and of the films The Others and The Orphanage are particularly compelling." - James Krasner, Professor of English, University of New Hampshire, USA
"Andrew Hock Soon Ng moves with authority through the densely populated terrain of gothic literature and film. His argument puts a range of theoretical approaches - psychoanalysis, architectural studies, gender theory and more - into conversation with each other, in a series of analyses that drew me into their details and also made me think again about big questions. His readings of works I thought I knew left me wanting to re-engage them, to think once more about the shaping power of sheer physical space in gothic fictions,and about the staying power of gothic in our collective imagination." - Donna Heiland, Emerson College, USA and author of Gothic and Gender: An Introduction
