Comic Gothic
An Edinburgh Companion
Published on 30. June 2024
296 pages
978-1-3995-0577-2 (ISBN)
Description
The Edinburgh Companion to Comic Gothic explores the role of irony, satire, parody, pastiche and the absurd in Gothic texts dating from the eighteenth century up to the present day. Its particular focus on the use of Comic Gothic in social media and popular culture make it a distinctive and original contribution to Gothic studies that will be especially welcomed by undergraduate and postgraduate students.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Edinburgh
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
12 black and white illustrations, 1 black and white table
File size
2,74 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-3995-0577-2 (9781399505772)
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06/2024
Edinburgh University Press
€131.50
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Content
- Cover
- Half Title
- Series Page
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction: Dread and Dark Laughter
- Part I From 1740 to the Mid-Nineteenth Century
- 1. The Satirical Gothic Vampire in England, 1740-1850
- 2. Cartoons and Comic Gothic in Early Nineteenth-Century Chapbooks
- 3. The Horror and Humour of Women's Rights: Early Gothic Parody and Anti-Feminism
- 4. Poe's Comedy: Carnival and Gothic Laughter
- 5. Dickens and the Comic Gothic
- Part II From the 1890s to the Twenty-First Century
- 6. Oscar Wilde: Performing the Gothic
- 7. The Comic Gothic of Edith Wharton's Witches
- 8. Rational Rickets and Reluctant Canadians: Gothic Colonial Cringe in Robertson Davies's High Spirits
- 9. Laughter through Tears: A Jewish Perspective on the Comic Gothic
- 10. The Comic Gothic in Youth Literature: From the Explained Supernatural to the 'Whimsical Macabre'
- Part III Comic Gothic and the New Millennium
- 11. Post-Apocalyptic Film and TV Capers: The Comedy Zombie, Capitalist Realism and the (End of the) Neoliberal World
- 12. Haunting Me, Haunting You: Gothic Parody and Melodrama in Thai Popular Horror
- 13. The 'Inverse Uncanny': Humour and Tim Burton's Gothic Parodies
- 14. 'Your Girlfriend is a Bloody Ghost!': Indian Horror / Gothic Comedy Cinema
- 15. Rural Hauntings and Black Sheep: Comic Turns, Violence and Supernatural Echoes in New Zealand's Gothic Comedy Films
- 16. 'Girls Just Wanna Have Fun': Feminist Camp Gothic
- 17. Haunted TikTok: Comedy in Gothic Times
- Notes on Contributors
- Index
