| Gothic Forms of Feminine Fictions Contributor(s): Becker, Susanne (Author) |
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ISBN: 0719053315 ISBN-13: 9780719053313 Publisher: Manchester University Press OUR PRICE: $23.70 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2012 Annotation: "Gothic Forms of Feminine Fiction" is a study of the powers of Gothic in late twentieth-century fiction and film. Susanne Becker argues that the Gothic, two hundred years after it emerged, exhibits unchanged vitality in our media age. Today's globalized entertainment culture, relying on daily soaps, confession shows and media icons like Princess Diana, is reflected in the emotional trajectory of the Gothic's violence, eroticism and sentimental excess. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Gothic & Romance - Social Science | Feminism & Feminist Theory |
| Dewey: 813.087 |
| LCCN: 00303560 |
| Physical Information: 1.13" H x 5.48" W x 8.48" (0.94 lbs) 352 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1950-1999 |
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| Publisher Description: Gothic forms of feminine fictions is a study of the powers of the Gothic in late twentieth-century fiction and film. Susanne Becker argues that the Gothic, two hundred years after it emerged, exhibits renewed vitality in our media age with its obsession for stimulation and excitement. Today's globalised entertainment culture, relying on soaps, reality TV shows, celebrity and excess, is reflected in the emotional trajectory of the Gothic's violence, eroticism and sentimental excess. Gothic forms of feminine fictions discusses a wide range of anglophone Gothic romances, from the classics through pulp fictions to a postmodern Gothica. This timely and original study is a major contribution to gender and genre theory as well as cultural criticism of the contemporary. It will appeal to scholars in a wide range of fields and become essential for students of the Gothic, contemporary fiction - particularly Alice Munro and Margaret Atwood - and popular culture. |