"An important book... Haggerty leads the way in redirecting our gaze towards where there is an absence of love between men rather than the suspicion of sex between them, where we find that Gothic writing is queer."--Gothic Studies "Compellingly makes the case for gothic fiction's function as an indispensable resource for representations of queer sexuality and identity formation."--Journal of the History of Sexuality

"An important book... Haggerty leads the way in redirecting our gaze towards where there is an absence of love between men rather than the suspicion of sex between them, where we find that Gothic writing is queer."--Gothic Studies "Compellingly makes the case for gothic fiction's function as an indispensable resource for representations of queer sexuality and identity formation."--Journal of the History of Sexuality

"An important book... Haggerty leads the way in redirecting our gaze towards where there is an absence of love between men rather than the suspicion of sex between them, where we find that Gothic writing is queer."--Gothic Studies "Compellingly makes the case for gothic fiction's function as an indispensable resource for representations of queer sexuality and identity formation."--Journal of the History of Sexuality