Nordic Gothic
Saved in:
| Title: | Nordic Gothic |
|---|---|
| Description: | Nordic Gothic traces Gothic fiction in the Nordic region from its beginnings in the nineteenth century, with a main focus on the development of Gothic from the 1990s onwards in literature, film, TV and new media. The volume gives an overview of Nordic Gothic fiction in relation to transnational developments and provides a number of case studies and in-depth analyses of individual narratives. It creates an understanding of this under-researched cultural phenomenon by showing how the narratives make visible cultural anxieties haunting the Nordic countries, their welfare systems, identities and ideologies. Nordic Gothic examines how figures from Nordic folklore function as metaphorical expressions of Gothic themes and Nordic settings are explored from perspectives such as ecocriticism and postcolonialism. The book will be of interest to researchers and post- and- undergraduate students in various fields within the Humanities. |
| Authors: | Maria Holmgren Troy, Johan Hõglund, Yvonne Leffler, Sofia Wijkmark |
| Resource Type: | eBook. |
| Subjects: | Literature and transnationalism--Scandinavia, Gothic fiction (Literary genre)--History and criticism, Gothic fiction (Literary genre)--Film adaptations, Gothic literature--Scandinavia--History and criticism |
| Categories: | LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 21st Century, LITERARY CRITICISM / Gothic & Romance, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / Genres / Horror |
| Database: | eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) |
| Abstract: | Nordic Gothic traces Gothic fiction in the Nordic region from its beginnings in the nineteenth century, with a main focus on the development of Gothic from the 1990s onwards in literature, film, TV and new media. The volume gives an overview of Nordic Gothic fiction in relation to transnational developments and provides a number of case studies and in-depth analyses of individual narratives. It creates an understanding of this under-researched cultural phenomenon by showing how the narratives make visible cultural anxieties haunting the Nordic countries, their welfare systems, identities and ideologies. Nordic Gothic examines how figures from Nordic folklore function as metaphorical expressions of Gothic themes and Nordic settings are explored from perspectives such as ecocriticism and postcolonialism. The book will be of interest to researchers and post- and- undergraduate students in various fields within the Humanities. |
|---|---|
| ISBN: | 9781526126436 9781526163950 9781526126443 9781526126450 |
