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Beschreibung
The first collection of scholarly essays exploring the history and resurgence of folk horror. While the undisputed heyday of folk horror was 1960-70s Britain, the genre has both a rich literary prehistory and a vibrant contemporary presence. This book rethinks the assumptions that have guided critical writing on the genre in the face of these expansions. Chapters explore a range of subjects including E. F. Benson's fiction, Scooby-Doo, Lancashire witches, and video games. Beyond Britain, the collection examines folk horror's wide geographic appeal in Italy, Ukraine, Thailand, Mexico, and Appalachia, mapping new conceptualizations of the genre that emerge from these places.
The first collection of scholarly essays exploring the history and resurgence of folk horror. While the undisputed heyday of folk horror was 1960-70s Britain, the genre has both a rich literary prehistory and a vibrant contemporary presence. This book rethinks the assumptions that have guided critical writing on the genre in the face of these expansions. Chapters explore a range of subjects including E. F. Benson's fiction, Scooby-Doo, Lancashire witches, and video games. Beyond Britain, the collection examines folk horror's wide geographic appeal in Italy, Ukraine, Thailand, Mexico, and Appalachia, mapping new conceptualizations of the genre that emerge from these places.
Über den Autor
Ruth Heholt is associate professor of dark economies and gothic literature at Falmouth University. She is the author of Catherine Crowe: Gender, Genre and Radical Politics. Dawn Keetley is professor of English and film at Lehigh University. She is the author of Making a Monster: Jesse Pomeroy, the Boy Murderer of 1870s Boston.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2023
Fachbereich: Grenzwissenschaften
Genre: Importe
Produktart: Nachschlagewerke
Rubrik: Esoterik & Anthroposophie
Medium: Taschenbuch
Reihe: Horror Studies
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9781786839794
ISBN-10: 1786839792
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Redaktion: Keetley, Dawn
Heholt, Ruth
Hersteller: University of Wales Press
Horror Studies
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 137 x 216 x 22 mm
Von/Mit: Dawn Keetley (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum: 23.06.2023
Gewicht: 0,398 kg
Artikel-ID: 125623880