EcoGothic (International Gothic Series)

By: Andrew Smith and William Hughes

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Synopsis: This book will provide the first study of how the Gothic engages with ecocritical ideas. Ecocriticism has frequently explored images of environmental catastrophe, the wilderness, the idea of home, constructions of 'nature', and images of the post-apocalypse – images which are also central to a certain type of Gothic literature. By exploring the relationship between the ecocritical aspects of the Gothic and the Gothic elements of the ecocritical, this book provides a new way of looking at both the Gothic and ecocriticism. Writers discussed include Ann Radcliffe, Mary Shelley, Ambrose Bierce, Algernon Blackwood, Margaret Atwood, Cormac McCarthy, Dan Simmons and Rana Dasgupta. The volume thus explores writing and film across various national contexts including Britain, America and Canada, as well as giving due consideration to how such issues might be discussed within a global context.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
Book Size:: 224 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9781526102911
Related ISBNs:: 9780719086571, 9781526102928, 9781526106896, 9781526102928, 9781526106896
Publisher:: Manchester University Press
Date of Addition:: 07/07/17
Copyrighted By:: Manchester University Press
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Romance, Literature and Fiction, Outdoors and Nature, Language Arts, Earth Sciences
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:: William Hughes
Edited by:: Andrew Smith