Maria Beville

The Unnameable Monster in Literature and Film

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book visits the 'Thing' in its manifestations as an unnameable monster in literature and film, reinforcing the idea that the very essence of the monster is its excess and its unrepresentable nature. Tied primarily to the fantastic, science-fiction, gothic, and horror, the monstrous and unknowable 'Thing' exists as a reminder of the sublime object that exceeds our worst fears and propels our most basic desires with significant social, cultural, and conceptual implications. Beville considers literature from the Romantic period to the present to examine the various strategies undertaken in literature and film in the representation of the unrepresentable.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 204
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Oktober 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 160mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 567g
• ISBN-13: 9780415833622
• ISBN-10: 0415833620
• Artikelnr.: 38595775

Autorenporträt

Maria Beville is Lecturer in English at the University of Limerick, Mary Immaculate College, Ireland.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. Monsters as We Know Them: A History of Named Monsters 2.
Articulating the Abstract: Theories of the Unnameable 3. 'Things' not to be
named nor understood: The Unnameable Monster in Nineteenth Century
Literature 4. The 'Thing' Keeps Coming Back: Modern and Postmodern
Nondescripts 5. The Spectacle of the Lack: Real-ising the Monster on Screen
Conclusion