Gothic Hauntology Everyday Hauntings and Epistemological Desire |
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| Author:
| Wrethed, Joakim |
| Series title: | Palgrave Gothic Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-3-031-41110-6 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2023 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $119.99 |
Book Description:
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This book provides a theoretically informed account of Gothic Hauntology. It is distinctive foremost in two ways. It shows hauntology at work in modern as well as older gothic narratives and it has a unique focus on everyday gothic as well as everyday hauntology. The chapters perform a historical circle going from Munro to Poe and then back again, offering novel readings of works by well-known authors that are contextualized under the umbrella of the theme. Anchored in a well-known...
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This book provides a theoretically informed account of Gothic Hauntology. It is distinctive foremost in two ways. It shows hauntology at work in modern as well as older gothic narratives and it has a unique focus on everyday gothic as well as everyday hauntology. The chapters perform a historical circle going from Munro to Poe and then back again, offering novel readings of works by well-known authors that are contextualized under the umbrella of the theme. Anchored in a well-known topic and genre, but with a specific phenomenological framework, this book will be of interest to both students and more advanced scholars.