Nordic Gothic

Herausgeber: Hõglund, Johan; Troy, Maria Holmgren; Leffler, Yvonne

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Produktbeschreibung

Giving an overview of contemporary Nordic Gothic in different media as well as tracing its history, Nordic Gothic also provides a number of case studies and in-depth analyses of individual narratives. It explores Nordic folklore, settings and identities as well as making visible cultural anxieties haunting the welfare state.

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Produktdetails

• International Gothic Series
• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Januar 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 222mm x 145mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 421g
• ISBN-13: 9781526126436
• ISBN-10: 1526126435
• Artikelnr.: 57479639

Autorenporträt

Maria Holmgren Troy is Professor of English at Karlstad University Johan Höglund is Professor of English at Linnaeus University Yvonne Leffler is Professor of Comparative Literature at University of Gothenburg Sofia Wijkmark is Reader in Comparative Literature at Karlstad University

Inhaltsangabe

List of figures Introduction 1 The past that haunts the present: the rise
of Nordic Gothic - Yvonne Leffler & Johan Höglund 2 Two Nordic Gothic
icons: Hans Christian Andersen and Selma Lagerlöf - Maria Holmgren Troy &
Sofia Wijkmark 3 Swedish Gothic and the demise of the welfare state - Sofia
Wijkmark 4 Nordic Gothic crime: places and spaces in Johan Theorin's Öland
quartet series - Yvonne Leffler 5 'The Chosen Ones': Sara B. Elfgren and
Mats Strandberg's teenage witch trilogy - Maria Holmgren Troy 6 Nordic
troll Gothic - Sofia Wijkmark 7 Indigenous hauntings: Nordic Gothic and
colonialism - Johan Höglund 8 Lost (and gained) in translation: Nordic
Gothic and transcultural adaptation - Maria Holmgren Troy 9 Nordic Gothic
new media - Johan Höglund Appendix: Nordic Gothic fiction Bibliography
Index