Joshua B. Tuttle teaches at Whitworth University, in Spokane, WA (The Lilac City). He holds a PhD in English from The Pennsylvania State University.

• List of Abbreviations; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Toward a New Historiography of the Gothic, Part One; PART I; WELCOME TO THE DIG; 1. The Myth at the Castle’s Foundation; 2. Early Literary Histories and the Gothic; PART II; W. & R. CHAMBERS, PUBLISHERS, AND THE CYCLOPAEDIA OF ENGLISH LITERATURE; 3. Cyclopaedia of English Literature—Introduction; 4. Cyclopaedia of English Literature—Original Series (1844–93); 5. Cyclopaedia of English Literature—Modern Series (1902–38); PART III; GOTHIC ENCYCLOPAEDISM; 6. Theorizing Cyclopaedism; 7. Gothic Britannica; CODA: Toward a New Historiography of the Gothic, Part Two; Appendix A: W. & R. Chambers and the Tangle of Competition, Reference, and Influence; Appendix B: Ann Radcliffe in the Cyclopaedia of English Literature; Bibliography; Index.

"Turning a self-reflexive gaze upon the assumptions that generations of Gothic scholars have brought to bear upon their work, Excavating the Castle provides an engaging and truly illuminating pre-history and reappraisal of the entire critical field. As methodologically innovative as it is theoretically rich, Tuttle’s study is bound to have a lasting impact upon the ways in which we appreciate, read, and study the Gothic today." —Dale Townshend, Professor of Gothic Literature, Manchester Centre for Gothic Studies, UK.“Joshua Tuttle’s forensic examination of the historical record establishes that almost from the beginning of its rise the Gothic novel understood itself to be a coherent and original generic innovation. The common story that ‘the Gothic novel’ was a concept early twentieth-century scholars needed to invent to rescue the genre from critical neglect, is, as Tuttle shows, a myth. Tuttle’s revisionist narrative will be indispensable reading for all scholars of the Gothic.”—Dr Robert Miles, Professor Emeritus in the Department of English, University of Victoria, Canada."The examination of early literary histories and literary encyclopedias as evidence of the status and definition of the Gothic novel during the roughly hundred-year period following the height of its popularity yields a new understanding of the genre upon which future scholarship can now begin to build.”—Elizabeth Kraft, University of Georgia, USA."The Gothic, perhaps more than any other genre, is ideally suited to the painstaking literary digging that Excavating the Castle undertakes. Like a Gothic protagonist revealing a forgotten, repressed, or misremembered past, this study unearths a trove of resources and upends what we think we know about the history of Gothic Studies, reshaping the field to create a new path forward while showcasing the value of traditional analog research in the digital age."— Professor Leah Richards, Professor of English at LaGuardia Community College, City University of New York.