Lisa Mullen

Mid-century gothic

The uncanny objects of modernity in British literature and culture after the Second World War

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Produktbeschreibung

Mid-Century Gothic offers a fresh perspective on the cultural moment that followed World War II, and discovers a deep sense of unease mingling with optimism about the future. By reassessing the novels, films, visual culture and technologies of the period, the book argues that gothicism itself was redefined by the upstart objects of modernity.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. März 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 574g
• ISBN-13: 9781526132772
• ISBN-10: 152613277X
• Artikelnr.: 54587446

Autorenporträt

Lisa Mullen is a Junior Research Fellow at Worcester College, University of Oxford

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: 'The world of things': an introduction to mid-century gothic
Part I: Agency 1 Rubble, walls and murals: abstraction and materiality 2
Seeing things: found objects and the eye of the beholder 3 Machines and
spectrality: the gothic potential of technology Part II: Intimacy 4
Neophilia and nostalgia: the trouble with gentrification 5 Strange beauty:
Costume, performance and power in the New Elizabethan age 6 Bombs,
Prosthetics and Madness: Incorporating the Intimacy of Things Conclusion:
Beyond the mid-century