"As much a family as anyone could be, anywhere ever": revisioning the family in Poppy Z. Brite’s 'Lost souls'

Arranged chronologically, the various contributions to this edited volume show that both early and contemporary Gothic display very diverse kinship ties, ranging from metaphorical to triangular, from queer to nuclear-patriarchal. Gothic proves to be a rich source of expressing both subversive and conservative notions of the family.