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Gothic-postmodernism

Maria Beville
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Author : Maria Beville
Publisher : Rodopi
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9789042026643

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Being the first to outline the literary genre, Gothic-postmodernism, this book articulates the psychological and philosophical implications of terror in postmodernist literature, analogous to the terror of the Gothic novel, uncovering the significance of postmodern recurrences of the Gothic, and identifying new historical and philosophical aspects of the genre. While many critics propose that the Gothic has been exhausted, and that its significance is depleted by consumer society's obsession with instantaneous horror, analyses of a number of terror-based postmodernist novels here suggest that the Gothic is still very much animated in Gothic-postmodernism. These analyses observe the spectral characters, doppelgangers, hellish waste lands and the demonised or possessed that inhabit texts such as Paul Auster's City of Glass, Salman Rushdie's The Satanic Verses and Bret Easton Ellis's Lunar Park. However, it is the deeper issue of the lingering emotion of terror as it relates to loss of reality and self, and to death, that is central to the study; a notion of 'terror' formulated from the theories of continental philosophers and contemporary cultural theorists. With a firm emphasis on the sublime and the unrepresentable as fundamental to this experience of terror; vital to the Gothic genre; and central to the postmodern experience, this study offers an insightful and concise definition of Gothic-postmodernism. It firmly argues that 'terror' (with all that it involves) remains a connecting and potent link between the Gothic and postmodernism: two modes of literature that together offer a unique voicing of the unspeakable terrors of postmodernity.

Twenty-First-Century Children's Gothic

Chloe Germaine Buckley
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Author : Chloe Germaine Buckley
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2017-10-04
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781474430197

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Examines how Singapore cinema functions as a national cinema

Engendering Realism and Postmodernism

Beate Neumeier
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Author : Beate Neumeier
Publisher : Rodopi
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : English literature
ISBN : 9042014377

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This volume assembles critical essays on, and excerpts from, works of contemporary women writers in Britain. Its focus is the interaction of aesthetic play and ethical commitment in the fictional work of women writers whose interest in testing and transgressing textual boundaries is rooted in a specific awareness of a gendered multicultural reality. This position calls for a distinctly critical impetus of their writing involving the interaction of the political and the literary as expressed in innovative combinations of realist and postmodern techniques in works by A. S. Byatt, Maureen Duffy, Zoe Fairbairns, Eva Figes, Penelope Lively, Sara Maitland, Suniti Namjoshi, Ravinder Randhawa, Joan Riley, Michele Roberts, Emma Tennant, Fay Weldon, Jeanette Winterson. All contributions to this volume address aspects of these writers' positions and techniques with a clear focus on their interest in transgressing boundaries of genre, gender and (post)colonial identity. The special quality of these interpretations, first given in the presence of writers at a symposium in Potsdam, derives from the creative and prosperous interactions between authors and critics. The volume concludes with excerpts from the works of the participating writers which exemplify the range of concrete concerns and technical accomplisments discussed in the essays. They are taken from fictional works by Debjani Chatterjee, Maureen Duffy, Zoe Fairbairns, Eva Figes, Sara Maitland, and Ravinder Randhawa. They also include the creative interactions of Suniti Namjoshi and Gillian Hanscombe in their joint writing and Paul Magrs' critical engagement with Sara Maitland.

The Encyclopedia of the Gothic

William Hughes,David Punter,Andrew Smith
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Author : William Hughes,David Punter,Andrew Smith
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 880 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2015-10-06
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781119210412

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The Encyclopedia of the Gothic by William Hughes,David Punter,Andrew Smith Pdf

The Encylopedia of the Gothic features a series of newly-commissioned essays from experts in Gothic studies that cover all aspects of the Gothic as it is currently taught and researched, along with the development of the genre and its impact on contemporary culture. Comprises over 200 newly commissioned entries written by a stellar cast of over 130 experts in the field Arranged in A-Z format across two fully cross-referenced volumes Represents the definitive reference guide to all aspects of the Gothic Provides comprehensive coverage of relevant authors, national traditions, critical developments, and notable texts that define, shape, and inform the genre Extends beyond a purely literary analysis to explore Gothic elements of film, music, drama, art, and architecture. Explores the development of the genre and its impact on contemporary culture

The Encyclopedia of the Gothic, 2 Volume Set

William Hughes,David Punter,Andrew Smith
The Encyclopedia of the Gothic 2 Volume Set Book PDF

Author : William Hughes,David Punter,Andrew Smith
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 887 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2015-12-21
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781119064602

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THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE GOTHIC “Well written and interesting [it is] a testament to the breadth and depth of knowledge about its central subject among the more than 130 contributing writers, and also among the three editors, each of whom is a significant figure in the field of gothic studies … A reference work that’s firmly rooted in and actively devoted to expressing the current state of academic scholarship about its area.” New York Journal of Books “A substantial achievement.” Reference Reviews Comprehensive and wide-ranging, The Encyclopedia of the Gothic brings together over 200 newly-commissioned essays by leading scholars writing on all aspects of the Gothic as it is currently taught and researched, along with challenging insights into the development of the genre and its impact on contemporary culture. The A-Z entries provide comprehensive coverage of relevant authors, national traditions, critical developments, and notable texts that continue to define, shape, and inform the genre. The volume’s approach is truly interdisciplinary, with essays by specialist international contributors whose expertise extends beyond Gothic literature to film, music, drama, art, and architecture. From Angels and American Gothic to Wilde and Witchcraft, The Encyclopedia of the Gothic is the definitive reference guide to all aspects of this strange and wondrous genre. The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Literature is a comprehensive, scholarly, authoritative, and critical overview of literature and theory comprising individual titles covering key literary genres, periods, and sub-disciplines. Available both in print and online, this groundbreaking resource provides students, teachers, and researchers with cutting-edge scholarship in literature and literary studies.

Deconstructing Bret Easton Ellis

Annette Schimmelpfennig
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Author : Annette Schimmelpfennig
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2021-08-20
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781476681306

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Deconstructing Bret Easton Ellis by Annette Schimmelpfennig Pdf

Riddled with intertextual references and notorious for their explicit portrayal of sex, drugs, and the occasional rock 'n' roll, the novels of Bret Easton Ellis reveal many layers. The novels are often accused of not making sense--but they instead make many senses. Their semantic complexity is obvious when put under a theoretical lens as provided by Jacques Derrida. His semiotic analysis, which focuses on the instability of meaning and is shaped by key terms such as differance, the trace, and the supplement, offers the ideal framework to look behind Ellis's obsession with surfaces. Aimed at aficionados of Ellis's works as well as students of contemporary American fiction and literary theory, this book discusses the central issues in Ellis's novels through 2019 and offers a new perspective for the practical use of Derrida's ideas. In order to ensure accessibility, a theoretical chapter introduces all the concepts necessary to understand a Derridean analysis of Ellis's fiction. As Rip says in Imperial Bedrooms: "It means so many things, Clay."

Postmodern Medievalisms

Richard J. Utz,Jesse G. Swan
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Author : Richard J. Utz,Jesse G. Swan
Publisher : DS Brewer
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 184384012X

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Postmodern Medievalisms by Richard J. Utz,Jesse G. Swan Pdf

Studies of texts from the late middle ages to the contemporary moment, together they indicate, broadly, directions both in postmodern studies and studies in medievalism.

The Literary Fantastic

Neil Cornwell
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Author : Neil Cornwell
Publisher : Prentice Hall
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : UCSC:32106017215903

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The Literary Fantastic by Neil Cornwell Pdf

Om den fantastiske roman fra midten af 1700-tallet til idag med en gennemgang af litteraturkritikkens syn på genren, om udviklingen af den i England, Europa og Amerika, og endelig om dens betydning for moderne litteratur og dagens samfund

Neo-Victorian Gothic

Marie-Luise Kohlke,Christian Gutleben
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Author : Marie-Luise Kohlke,Christian Gutleben
Publisher : Rodopi
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : History
ISBN : 9789401208963

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Neo-Victorian Gothic by Marie-Luise Kohlke,Christian Gutleben Pdf

Preliminary Material -- The (Mis)Shapes of Neo-Victorian Gothic: Continuations, Adaptations, Transformations /Marie-Luise Kohlke and Christian Gutleben -- The Limits of Neo-Victorian History: Elizabeth Kostova's The Historian and The Swan Thieves /Andrew Smith -- Reclaiming Plots: Albert Wendt's 'Prospecting' and Victoria Nalani Kneubuhl's Ola Nā Iwi as Postcolonial Neo-Victorian Gothic /Cheryl D. Edelson -- Monsters against Empire: The Politics and Poetics of Neo-Victorian Metafiction in The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen /Sebastian Domsch -- A Bodily Metaphorics of Unsettlement: Leora Farber's Dis-Location / Re-Location as Neo-Victorian Gothic /Jeanne Ellis -- Neo-Victorian Gothic and Spectral Sexuality in Colm Tóibín's The Master /Patricia Pulham -- 'Jack the Ripper' as Neo-Victorian Gothic Fiction: Twentieth-Century and Contemporary Sallies into a Late Victorian Case and Myth /Max Duperray -- Chasing the Dragon: Bangtails, Toffs, Jack and Johnny in Neo-Victorian Fiction /Sarah E. Maier -- Neo-Victorian Female Gothic: Fantasies of Self-Abjection /Marie-Luise Kohlke -- Epistemological Rupture and the Gothic Sublime in Slouching Towards Bedlam /Van Leavenworth -- Dead Words and Fatal Secrets: Rediscovering the Sensational Document in Neo-Victorian Gothic /Kym Brindle -- 'Fear is Fun and Fun is Fear': A Reflexion on Humour in Neo-Victorian Gothic /Christian Gutleben -- Contributors -- Index.

Monsters and Monstrosity from the Fin de Siecle to the Millennium

Sharla Hutchison,Rebecca A. Brown
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Author : Sharla Hutchison,Rebecca A. Brown
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2015-10-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781476622712

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Monsters and Monstrosity from the Fin de Siecle to the Millennium by Sharla Hutchison,Rebecca A. Brown Pdf

Zombies, vampires and ghosts feature prominently in nearly all forms of entertainment in the 21st century, including popular fiction, film, comics, television and computer games. But these creatures have been vital to the entertainment industry since the best-seller books of a century and half ago. Monsters don't just invade popular culture, they help sell popular culture. This collection of new essays covers 150 years of enduringly popular Gothic monsters who have shocked and horrified audiences in literature, film and comics. The contributors unearth forgotten monsters and reconsider familiar ones, examining the audience taboos and fears they embody.

Neo-Gothic Narratives

Sarah E. Maier,Brenda Ayres
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Author : Sarah E. Maier,Brenda Ayres
Publisher : Anthem Press
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2020-03-31
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781785272196

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Neo-Gothic Narratives by Sarah E. Maier,Brenda Ayres Pdf

Neo-Gothic Narratives defines and theorises what, exactly, qualifies as such a text, what mobilises the employment of the Gothic to speak to our own times, whether nostalgia plays a role and whether there is room for humour besides the sobriety and horror in these narratives across various media. What attracts us to the Gothic that makes us want to resurrect, reinvent, echo it? Why do we let the Gothic redefine us? Why do we let it haunt us? Does it speak to us through intertexuality, self-reflectivity, metafiction, immersion, affect? Are we reclaiming the history of women and other subalterns in the Gothic that had been denied in other forms of history? Are we revisiting the trauma of English colonisation and seeking national identity? Or are we simply tourists who enjoy cruising through the otherworld? The essays in this volume investigate both the readerly experience of Neo-Gothic narratives as well as their writerly pastiche.

Modern Gothic

Victor Sage,Allan Lloyd Smith
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Author : Victor Sage,Allan Lloyd Smith
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0719042089

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Modern Gothic by Victor Sage,Allan Lloyd Smith Pdf

This lively collection of essays aims to chart the survival of the gothic strain - the dark, the forbidding, the alienated, the fantastic - in a spectrum of popular and 'high cultural' forms of representation.

The Myth of Harm

Sarah Cleary
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Author : Sarah Cleary
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2022-12-01
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781501378270

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The Myth of Harm by Sarah Cleary Pdf

Choice Outstanding Academic Title 2023 The Myth of Harm engages and analyses controversies generated by horror that examines some of the most high-profile media debates around the issue of whether or not horror texts corrupt children. The horror genre has endured a long and controversial success within popular culture. Fraught with accusations pertaining to its alleged ability to harm and corrupt young people and indeed society as a whole, the genre is constantly under pressure to suppress that which has made it so popular to begin with - its ability to frighten and generate discussion about society's darker side. Recognising the circularity of patterns in each generational manifestation of horror censorship, The Myth of Harm draws upon cases such as the Slenderman stabbing and the James Bulger murder amongst many others in order to explore the manner in which horror has been repeatedly cast as a harmful influence upon children at the expense of scrutinising other more complex social issues. Focusing on five major controversies beginning in the 1930's Golden Age of Horror Cinema and ending on a more contemporary note with Cyber-Gothic horror – this book identifies and considers the various myths and false hoods surrounding the genre of horror and question the very motivation behind the proliferation and dissemination of these myths as scapegoats for political and social issues, platforms for “moral entrepreneurs” and tools of hyperbolae for the news industry.

Postmodern Ethics, Emptiness, and Literature

Jae-seong Lee
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Author : Jae-seong Lee
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2015-12-24
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781498519212

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Postmodern Ethics, Emptiness, and Literature by Jae-seong Lee Pdf

This study advances contemporary postmodern/poststructural critical theory, literary criticism in particular, with the help of Mahāyāna—especially Ch’an/Seon (Chinese and Korean Zen)—Buddhist thought. The quest for theinfinity of the Other (West) and Emptiness or the true I (East) contributes to the exploration of the contemporary critical issues of ethics and infinity. Such an approach will awaken our sense of unrepresented, genuine transcendence and immanence; The Buddhist Emptiness shows us the absolute Other illuminated on a vaster scale. The theory section explores and links Eastern and Western philosophies, switching between the two. While discussing in depth Hegel, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Derrida, Levinas, Lacan, Deleuze, and Nancy, this study gradually guides the reader from the contemporary Western thought on the Other and infinity to the Buddhist vision of Emptiness, the ultimate reality. To overcome the dualistic mode of thought inherent in tradition of Western metaphysics, this exploration follows the line that observes Nāgārjuna and the imprint of Ch’an teachings that are most prevalent in South Korean Buddhism. The last three chapters demonstrate a Levinasian and Seon Buddhist approach to the book of Job, part of the Judeo-Christian Bible, as being a more literary than religious text, and the excess of the Gothic mood in the two most distinguished and widely celebrated novels—Bram Stoker’s Dracula and Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. The three texts compel readers to confront the infinity of the absolute Other or Emptiness. The Grand Prize Winner of the 7th Wonhyo Academic Awards from the Korean Buddhism Promotion Foundation.

Sociological Noir

Kieran Flanagan
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Author : Kieran Flanagan
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 389 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2016-10-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781315463636

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Sociological Noir by Kieran Flanagan Pdf

Contrary to secular claims regarding the expulsion of religion, modernity does in fact produce unprecedented forms whose understanding re-casts the relationships between sociology and theology. This book explores ‘irruptions’ which disturb modernity from without: fragments or deposits of history that have spectral – or ‘noir’ – properties, whether ruins, collective memories, or the dark Gothic or the Satanic as manifested in culture. The study investigates what irrupts from these depths to unsettle our understanding of modernity so as to reveal its theological roots. A ground-breaking and extensive work, Sociological Noir explores literature, history and theology to re-cast the sociological imagination in ways that inspire reflection on new configurations in modernity. As such, it will have wide-spread appeal to sociologists and social theorists with interests in religion, theology and debates on postsecularism and culture.