The Gothic : a reader / edited by Simon Bacon.
| Other author | Bacon, Simon, 1965- editor. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication | Oxford : Peter Lang, [2018] |
| Copyright Date | ©2018 |
| Description | 1 online resource (x, 263 pages) : illustrations |
| Supplemental Content | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Cover; Contents; Introduction (Simon Bacon); What is the Gothic?; The Uncanny; Many Gothics; Part I: Ideologies, Imperialism, and the Gothic; Arthur Machen's The Three Impostors (1895) -- Victorian Gothic (Justin Sausman); Richard Marsh's The Joss: A Reversion (1901) -- Imperial Gothic (Johan Höglund); Jean Rhys's Wide Sargasso Sea (1966) -- Postcolonial Gothic (Tabish Khair); Bill Condon's Gods and Monsters (1998) -- War Gothic (Steffen Hantke); Charles Brockden Brown's Wieland; or The Transformation (1798) -- Transatlantic Gothic (James Peacock); Part II: America and the Gothic. |
| Contents | Robert Bloch's American Gothic (1974) -- American Gothic (Agnieszka Soltysik Monnet)Clarence John Laughlin's Ghosts Along the Mississippi (1948) -- Southern Gothic (Timothy Jones); Brandon Massey's Dark Corner (2004) -- African American Gothic (Maisha L. Wester); Ron Honthaner's The House on Skull Mountain (1974) -- Zombie Gothic (Sarah Juliet Lauro); Part III: Gothic Territories; Caifanes (1987-Present) -- Mexican Gothic (Enrique Ajuria Ibarra and Luis Daniel Martínez Álvarez); Joan Lindsay's Picnic at Hanging Rock (1967/1975) -- Australian Gothic (Ashleigh Prosser). |
| Contents | Otsuichi's Goth (2002) -- Japanese Gothic (Katarzyna Ancuta)Whitby Goth Weekend (1994-Present) -- Gothic Subcultures (Claire Nally); Aideen Barry's Possession (2011) -- Suburban/Domestic Gothic (Tracy Fahey); Part IV: Gender, Sexuality, and the Gothic; Matthew Lewis's The Monk (1796) -- Queer Gothic (Max Fincher); Ann Radcliffe's The Mysteries of Udolpho (1794) -- Female Gothic (Kathleen Hudson); Sarah Waters's The Paying Guests (2014) -- Postfeminist Gothic (Gina Wisker); A.S. Byatt's 'The Dried Witch' (1987) -- Postmodern Gothic (Maria Beville); Part V: Media and Mediums of the Gothic. |
| Contents | Horace Walpole's Strawberry Hill House (1749) -- Architectural Gothic (Peter N. Lindfield)Grant Morrison, Dave McKean, and Gaspar Saladino's Arkham Asylum (1989) -- Gothic Comics (Julia Round); Guillermo del Toro's Crimson Peak (2015) -- Gothic Film (Xavier Aldana Reyes); Tale of Tales's The Path (2009) -- Gaming and the Gothic (Emily Flynn-Jones); Cormac McCarthy's The Road (2006) -- Food Gothic (Lorna Piatti-Farnell); Part VI: Gothic Futures; Max Brooks's World War Z (2006) -- Neoliberal Gothic (Linnie Blake). |
| Contents | China Miéville's Perdido Street Station (2000) -- Gothic Literary Science Fiction (Sara Wasson)Jeff VanderMeer's Annihilation (2014) -- Gothic and the New Weird (Jeffrey Andrew Weinstock); Koji Suzuki's Edge (2012) -- Quantum Gothic (Elana Gomel); Alex Garland's Ex Machina (2015) -- Vampire Gothic (Simon Bacon); Bibliography; Notes on Contributors; Index. |
| Abstract | What is the Gothic? This volume offers a new look at the world of the Gothic, from its origins in the eighteenth century to its reemergence today. Invaluable for students, teachers and fans alike, the volume's accessible style allows for an engaging look at the spectral and uncanny nature of the Gothic. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Gothic. Oxford : Peter Lang, [2018] 1787072681 9781787072688 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| Genre/form | Criticism, interpretation, etc. |
| ISBN | 9781787072695 (electronic bk.) |
| ISBN | 178707269X (electronic bk.) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |