This collection of essays aims to chart the survival of the gothic strain - the dark, the forbidding, the alienated and the fantastic. The book represents a variety of approaches from a group of international scholars to the making of a contemporary tradition. It offers information and interpretation concerning the presence of gothicism in a number of different contexts. There are essays on postmodernism and gothicism; the politics of neo-Gothic pertrification in Iain Banks and John Banville; the horrors of the pre-oedipal ...
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This collection of essays aims to chart the survival of the gothic strain - the dark, the forbidding, the alienated and the fantastic. The book represents a variety of approaches from a group of international scholars to the making of a contemporary tradition. It offers information and interpretation concerning the presence of gothicism in a number of different contexts. There are essays on postmodernism and gothicism; the politics of neo-Gothic pertrification in Iain Banks and John Banville; the horrors of the pre-oedipal Father in Blue Velvet; the gothic unconscious of feminist criticism; postmodern feminine horror fiction; Isak Dinesen; serial form in slasher and monster movies; Toni Morrison's gothic spaces in Beloved; Stephen King; Angela Carter; 1950s body snatching and alien invasions; postcolonial gothic; and Ramsay Campbell's debt to the traditional gothic.
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Add this copy of Modern Gothic: a Reader to cart. $12.74, good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Atlanta rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Austell, GA, UNITED STATES, published 1997 by Manchester University Press.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has soft covers. Book contains pen & pencil markings. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 350grams, ISBN: 9780719042089.
Add this copy of Modern Gothic: a Reader to cart. $43.85, fair condition, Sold by Phatpocket Limited rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Waltham Abbey, ESSEX, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1997 by Manchester University Press.
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Add this copy of Modern Gothic: a Reader to cart. $55.78, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Santa Clarita, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1997 by Manchester University Press.
