Includes bibliographical references (p. [139]-142) and index
Introduction: the horror of failed exchanges: signification, communication, ethics, death, inheritance and currency -- 1. H(a)unting the house: consuming Mark Z. Danielewski's House of leaves -- 2. The horror of miscommunication: The story of Lucy Gault -- 3. The Gothic double revised: memory, mourning and illegal twins in The sea -- 4. Conjuration, digestion, expulsion: the law of mourning in The gathering -- 5. An inherited poison: Hamlet, the castle of Otranto and Lunar Park -- 6. Gothic currency: mortgage, debt and exchange in Beyond black.