Inhuman Materiality in Gothic Media

ISBN-13: 9781138227439 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 178 str.

Aspasia Stephanou

Opis

This book examines the manifestations of materiality across different gothic media to show the inhuman at the heart of literature, film and contemporary media, outlining a philosophy of horror that deals with the horror of the nonhuman, the machine and the nonorganic.

Recenzje

"This is an original, timely, and fascinating contribution to Gothic studies. Utilizing the later work of Paul de Man in a unique and compelling way to consider how horror—and blood in particular—functions in the critique of human anthropocentrism, the analysis is sophisticated and productive as it reveals how horror literature and film 'masks materiality with the lure of meaning.'" --Jeffrey Andrew Weinstock, Central Michigan University, USA