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The Return of the Repressed
- Gothic Horror from The Castle of Otranto to Alien
Engelsk
Bogcover for The Return of the Repressed af Valdine Clemens, 9780791443286
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Engelsk
Sider:
274
ISBN-13:
9780791443286
Indbinding:
Paperback
ISBN-10:
0791443280
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Udg. Dato:
30 sep 1999
Størrelse i cm:
Oplagsdato:
30 sep 1999
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The Return of the Repressed

- Gothic Horror from The Castle of Otranto to Alien
Engelsk
Paperback 1999
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Examines the psychological, cultural, and political implications of Gothic fiction, and helps to explain why horror writers and filmmakers have found such large and receptive audiences eager for the experience of being scared out of their wits.

Exploring the psychological and political implications of Gothic fiction, Valdine Clemens focuses on some major works in the tradition: The Castle of Otranto, Frankenstein, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Dracula, The Shining, and Alien. She applies both psychoanalytic theory and sociohistorical contexts to offer a fresh approach to Gothic fiction, presenting new insights both about how such novels "work" and about their cultural concerns.

Clemens argues that by stimulating a sense of primordial fear in readers, Gothic horror dramatically calls attention to collective and attitudinal problems that have been unrecognized or repressed in the society at large. Gothic fiction does more, however, than simply reflect social anxieties; it actually facilitates social change. That is, in frightening us out of our collective "wits," Gothic fiction actually shocks us into using them in more viable ways.

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Specifikationer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
274
ISBN-13:
9780791443286
Indbinding:
Paperback
ISBN-10:
0791443280
Kategori:
Udg. Dato:
30 sep 1999
Størrelse i cm:
Oplagsdato:
30 sep 1999
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