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基本説明
Examines a broad range of tales of horror, terror, the uncanny and the supernatural, spanning the late-eighteenth century to the present, and of related theoretical approaches to the realm of dark writing.
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The Gothic Vision examines a broad range of tales of horror, terror, the uncanny and the supernatural, spanning the late-eighteenth century to the present, and of related theoretical approaches to the realm of dark writing. It argues that such narratives are objects for historical analysis, due to their implication in specific ideologies, while also focusing on the recurrence over time of themes of physical and psychological disintegration, spectrality and monstrosity. This is an excellent overview of a genre that is increasingly studied in literature, film, and cultural studies courses.
Contents
Introduction The frame of reference: theoretical debates on horror, terror and fear Part I: Darkness Introduction - Dark places - Dark times - Dark psyches Part II: Haunting Introduction - The rhetoric of haunting - Spectral forms - Haunting settings Part III: Narrative and the self Introduction - Words and visions - Textual identities - Storytelling as therapy Part IV: Child and adult Introduction - Families - The abandoned child - Childhood and otherness Part V: Monstrosity Introduction - Vampires - Hybrid and grotesque bodies - The abject Epilogue
