Watkiss, Joanne
Gothic Contemporaries
- ISBN 13:
- 9780708324561
- author:
- Watkiss, Joanne
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- University of Wales Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2012
- Pages:
- 176
- Dimensions:
- 13.97 x 1.27 x 21.59 centimetres
- Genre:
- Fiction & Literature, Gothic & Romance, ,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 20 working days
Description
The Haunted Text: A Study of Contemporary Fiction and the Gothic Tradition. Joanne Watkiss's Gothic Contemporaries explores how twenty-first-century fiction reworks traditional ghost stories, drawing on ideas from Jacques Derrida's later works. Through close readings of several novels, including The Story of Lucy Gault by William Trevor, The Sea by John Banville, and The Gathering by Anne Enright, Watkiss examines the links between memory and haunting, language and architecture, writing and the uncanny, and other key themes. This study will appeal to scholars of Gothic studies, as well as those interested in architecture, film, and contemporary fiction. By drawing on a range of theoretical perspectives, Watkiss demonstrates how the Gothic tradition continues to evolve in modern literature.
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