Star Trek Discovery and the Female Gothic

Star Trek Discovery and the Female Gothic: Tell Fear No
== Summary ==
;Blurb
:While many scholars agree the Gothic mode has been a precursor to science fiction since Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, Carey Millsap-Spears argues in this book that the made for streaming series draws on an even older gothic formula, namely the Female Gothic of Ann Radcliffe's romance novels, including The Romance of the Forest and The Mysteries of Udolpho. Millsap-Spears reads the streaming series through the lens of the Female Gothic, illustrating that each season contains the formulaic elements of a mystery, a gothic villain and heroine, an escape narrative, and the explained supernatural. In doing so, the author expands Star Trek scholarship and sheds new light on the intertextual connections between gothic literature and contemporary science fiction.
== Contents ==
;Dedication
;Preface
;Acknowledgments
;Introduction
;Chapter 1: "Haven't you ever been afraid of a ghost?": Gothic Romances, Star Trek, and Science Fiction
;Chapter 2: "That Hope is You": Female Gothic Heroines and Michael Burnham
;Chapter 3: "He Groomed You. He Chose You": The Gothic Villain and Star Trek: Discovery
;Chapter 4: "That's How We Find Our Way": Escape Narratives, the Female Gothic, and the Voyages
;Chapter 5: "I Like Science": the Explained Supernatural, the Female Gothic, and Star Trek: Discovery
;Chapter 6: "Sometimes We Know the Role We're Meant to Play": Starfleet's (Ineffective) Gothic Heroes
;Conclusion
;Bibliography
;About the Author
Discovery and the Female Gothic