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The Gothic : a reader / edited by Simon Bacon.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Oxford : Peter Lang, [2018]Description: x, 263 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour), portraits (colour) ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9781787072688 (pbk.) :
  • 1787072681 (pbk.) :
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 809.38729 BAC
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

What is the Gothic ?

From ghosts to vampires, from ruined castles to steampunk fashion, the Gothic is a term that evokes all things strange, haunted and sinister.

This volume offers a new look at the world of the Gothic, from its origins in the eighteenth century to its reemergence today. Each short essay is dedicated to a single text - a novel, a film, a comic book series, a festival - that serves as a lens to explore the genre. Original readings of classics like The Mysteries of Udolpho (Ann Radcliffe) and Picnic at Hanging Rock (Joan Lindsay) are combined with unique insights into contemporary examples like the music of Mexican rock band Caifanes, the novels Annihilation (Jeff VanderMeer), Goth (Otsuichi) and The Paying Guests (Sarah Waters), and the films Crimson Peak (Guillermo del Toro) and Ex Machina (Alex Garland).

Together the essays provide innovative ways of understanding key texts in terms of their Gothic elements. Invaluable for students, teachers and fans alike, the book's accessible style allows for an engaging look at the spectral and uncanny nature of the Gothic.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-254) and index.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Introduction (p. 1)
  • Part I Ideologies, Imperialism, and the Gothic (p. 7)
  • Arthur Machen's The Three Impostors (1895) - Victorian Gothic (p. 9)
  • Richard Marsh's The Joss: A Reversion (1901) - Imperial Gothic (p. 17)
  • Jean Rhys's Wide Sargasso Sea (1966) - Postcolonial Gothic (p. 25)
  • Bill Condon's Gods and Monsters (1998) - War Gothic (p. 31)
  • Charles Brockden Brown's Wieland; or The Transformation (1798) - Transatlantic Gothic (p. 39)
  • Part II America and the Gothic (p. 45)
  • Robert Bloch's American Gothic (1974) - American Gothic (p. 47)
  • Clarence John Laughlin's Ghosts Along the Mississippi (1948) - Southern Gothic (p. 53)
  • Brandon Massey's Dark Corner (2004) - African American Gothic (p. 61)
  • Ron Honthaner's The House on Skull Mountain (1974) - Zombie Gothic (p. 69)
  • Part III Gothic Territories (p. 77)
  • Caifanes (1987-Present) - Mexican Gothic (p. 79)
  • Joan Lindsay's Picnic at Hanging Rock (1967/1975) - Australian Gothic (p. 87)
  • Otsuichi's Goth (2002) - Japanese Gothic (p. 97)
  • Whitby Goth Weekend (1994-Present) - Gothic Subcultures (p. 105)
  • Aideen Barry's Possession (2011) - Suburban/Domestic Gothic (p. 111)
  • Part IV Gender, Sexuality, and the Gothic (p. 119)
  • Matthew Lewis's The Monk (1796) - Queer Gothic (p. 121)
  • Ann Radcliffe's The Mysteries of Udolpho (1794) - Female Gothic (p. 129)
  • Sarah Waters's The Paying Guests (2014) - Postfeminist Gothic (p. 135)
  • A. S. Byatt's 'The Dried Witch' (1987) - Postmodern Gothic (p. 145)
  • Part V Media and Mediums of the Gothic (p. 151)
  • Horace Walpole's Strawberry Hill House (1749) - Architectural Gothic (p. 153)
  • Grant Morrison, Dave McKean, and Caspar Saladino's Arkham Asylum (1989) - Gothic Comics (p. 161)
  • Guillermo del Toro's Crimson Peak (2015) - Gothic Film (p. 169)
  • Tale of Tales's The Path (2009) - Gaming and the Gothic (p. 177)
  • Cormac McCarthy's The Road (2006) - Food Gothic (p. 185)
  • Part VI Gothic Futures (p. 193)
  • Max Brooks's World War Z (2006) - Neoliberal Gothic (p. 195)
  • China Miéville's Perdido Street Station (2000) - Gothic Literary Science Fiction (p. 203)
  • Jeff VanderMeer's Annihilation (2014) - Gothic and the New Weird (p. 211)
  • Koji Suzuki's Edge (2012) - Quantum Gothic (p. 217)
  • Alex Garland's Ex Machina (2015) - Vampire Gothic (p. 225)
  • Bibliography (p. 235)
  • Notes on Contributors (p. 255)
  • Index (p. 261)

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Simon Bacon has published many articles on vampires, zombies and monsters in popular culture and science fiction and has co-edited books on various subjects, including Undead Memory: Vampires and Human Memory in Popular Culture (2014), Little Horrors: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Anomalous Children and the Construction of Monstrosity (2016) and To Boldly Go: Gender and Identity in the Star Trek Franchise (2017). His first monograph, Becoming Vampire: Difference and the Vampire in Popular Culture, came out in 2016. He is currently working on his second book, The Undead Self: Troubled and Troubling Identities in Screen Adaptations of Bram Stoker's 'Dracula'.

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