Not since the canonical phase of the Gothic that stretched from Horace Walpole's Castle of Otranto (1764) to Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1818) have the themes of the Gothic, horror and fantasy been so prevalent within culture and criticism. 'We are', as Angela Carter once put it, 'living in Gothic times.' Gothic literature is more widely read and studied than ever, and the weird and visionary images produced by the visual artists of the time continue...