Limits of horror : technology, bodies, gothic /

Limits of horror : technology, bodies, gothic /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Botting, Fred.
Imprint:	Manchester ; New York : Manchester University Press, 2008.
Description:	233 p. ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Gothic revival (Literature) -- History and criticism. Horror tales -- History and criticism. Schrecken Literatur. Medien. Gothic novel. Horrorfilm. Horror. Das @Grausige. Gothic revival (Literature) Horror tales. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7300858

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ISBN:	9780719077548 (hbk.) 0719077540 (hbk.)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [218]-229) and index.
Summary:	Fred Botting offers a major re-evaluation of the Gothic genre from the 18th century to the present, from leading figures in the field. He provides clear readings of contemporary literary, film, art and cultural texts alongside main Gothic figures (vampires, Frankenstein and ghosts).
Other form:	Online version: Botting, Fred. Limits of horror. Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2008

Table of Contents:

Acknowledgements
Introduction:Horror now and then
DaddyâÇÖs dead
Gun of the father
Beyond the paternal principle
Gothic times
Candygothic
Tech noir
Doom with a view
Gothic shocks
Reading machines
Phantasmagoria
The small scream
Dark bodies
An--aesthetics
Horreality
Black holes
Beyond the Gothic principle
A childâÇÖs game
Go--o--o--othic
Dark precursor
To infinity and beyond
References
Index