Australian Gothic
A Cinema of Horrors
1st Edition
Published on 1. June 2022
256 pages
978-1-78683-891-9 (ISBN)
Description
The term 'Gothic' has been applied to examples of Australian cinema since the 1970s, often in arbitrary and divergent ways. This book examines a wide range of Australian films to trace their Gothic resemblances, characteristics and meanings. By concentrating on the occurrence of Gothic motifs, characters, landscapes and narratives, it argues for the recognition and relevance of a coherent Gothic heritage in Australian film. A plethora of Gothic representatives are considered in relation to four consistent and illuminating continuities (images of the family, ideas of monstrosity, generic hybridity and the occurrence of the sublime), and this study debates the appearance and asserts the significance of Australian Gothic films within their national, cultural, literary and cinematic traditions.
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Series
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
Wales
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Reflowable
Illustrations
Not illustrated
ISBN-13
978-1-78683-891-9 (9781786838919)
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Book
06/2022
University of Wales Press
€113.00
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Person
This book will interest university undergraduate and postgraduate students.
Content
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
INTRODUCTION
FAMILIARITY
MONSTROSITY
HYBRIDITY
SUBLIMITY
CONCLUSION
FILMOGRAPHY
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX
INTRODUCTION
FAMILIARITY
MONSTROSITY
HYBRIDITY
SUBLIMITY
CONCLUSION
FILMOGRAPHY
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX
