Penny Dreadful and Adaptation: Reanimating and Transforming the Monster

This edited collection is the first book—length critical study of the Showtime—Sky Atlantic television series Penny Dreadful (2014—2016), which also includes an analysis of Showtime’s 2020 spin—off City of Angels. Chapters examine the status of the series as a work of twenty—first—century cable television, contemporary Gothic—horror, and intermedial adaptation, spanning sources as diverse as eighteenth and nineteenth—century British fiction and poetry, American dime novels, theatrical perfo...