The Theological Turn in Contemporary Gothi...

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Beschreibung

This study examines theological themes and resonances in post-1970 Gothic fiction. It argues that contemporary Gothic is not simply a secularised genre, but rather one that engages creatively ¿ and often subversively ¿ with theological texts and traditions. This creative engagement is reflected in Gothic fiction¿s exploration of theological concepts including sin and evil, Christology and the messianic, resurrection, eschatology and apocalypse. Through readings of fiction by Gothic and horror writers including Stephen King, Joyce Carol Oates, Peter Straub, William Peter Blatty and others, this book demonstrates that Christianity continues to haunt the Gothic imagination and that the genre¿s openness to the mysterious, numinous and non-rational opens space in which to explore religious beliefs and experiences less easily accessible to more overtly realist forms of representation. The book offers a new perspective on contemporary Gothic fiction that will be of interest to students and scholars of contemporary Gothic and of the relationship between literature and religion more generally.

Über den Autor

Simon Marsden is Senior Lecturer in English Literature at the University of Liverpool, UK. He writes widely on the relationships between literature and theology from the nineteenth century to the present and is the author of Emily Brontë and the Religious Imagination.

Zusammenfassung

Argues that contemporary Gothic and horror writers engage with religion as a site of both creative exploration and debate

Includes readings of bestselling writers such as Stephen King, William Peter Blatty, Joyce Carol Oates and Justin Cronin alongside emerging horror writers such as Adam Nevill and Andrew Michael Hurley

Offers original critical readings of significant Gothic texts, as well as provoking further critical discussion of relationships between religion and the Gothic

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction: Spectres of the Sacred.- 2. Gothic Heresies.- 3. 'There were some stains that could not be removed': Adam Nevill and the Stain of Sin.- 4. Much Ado About Nothing: Peter Straub and Privation.- 5. William Peter Blatty and the Presence of the Absent Christ.- 6. 'Time to let go of all the old things': Justin Cronin's Radically Orthodox Christology.- 7. Sympathy for the Devil: Gothic Goes to Hell.- 8. The Sense of No Ending: (Re)Reading the Apocalyptic Stephen King.- 9. Conclusion: The Gothic Sacred.

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2018
Genre:	Allgemeine Lexika
Rubrik:	Literaturwissenschaft
Medium:	Buch
Inhalt:	viii 210 S.
ISBN-13:	9783319965703
ISBN-10:	3319965700
Sprache:	Englisch
Herstellernummer:	978-3-319-96570-3
Ausstattung / Beilage:	HC runder Rücken kaschiert
Einband:	Gebunden
Autor:	Marsden, Simon
Auflage:	1st ed. 2018
Hersteller:	Springer International Publishing Springer International Publishing AG
Maße:	216 x 153 x 17 mm
Von/Mit:	Simon Marsden
Erscheinungsdatum:	11.10.2018
Gewicht:	0,403 kg