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Terms\n\nChris Baldick is Professor of English at Goldsmiths'College,University of London.He edited The OxfordBook of Gothic Tales(1992),and is the author of InFrankenstein's Shadow(1987),Criticism and LiteraryTheory 1890 to the Present(1996),and other works ofliterary history.He has edited,with Rob Morrison,Tales of Terror from Blackwood's Magazine,and TheVampyre and Other Tales of the Macabre,and haswritten an introduction to Charles Maturin'sMelmoth the Wanderer (all available in the OxfordWorld's Classics series).  \nThe most authoritative and up-to-date referencebooks for both students and the general reader.  \nAbbreviationsABC of MusicAccountingArchaeology*ArchitectureArt and ArtistsArt Terms*AstronomyBetter WordpowerBibleBiologyBuddhism*BusinessCard GamesChemistryChristian ChurchClassical LiteratureClassical Mythology*Colour MedicalComputingDance*Dates  \nEarth SciencesEcologyEconomicsEngineering*English EtymologyEnglish Folklore*English GrammarEnglish LanguageEnglish 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