Gothic and the comic turn [electronic resource] / Avril Horner and Sue Zlosnik.

Preoccupied with the anxieties of modernity, academic criticism has largely characterized Gothic fiction as a literature of fear and anxiety - yet most Gothic writing engages with the comic in one form or another. However, in the midst of a welter of 'spoofs' and 'ironic slasher movie...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via Springer)
Main Authors:	Horner, Avril, 1947- (Author), Zlosnik, Sue, 1949- (Author)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2005.
Subjects:	Gothic revival (Literature) > Great Britain. Horror tales, English > History and criticism. Humorous stories, English > History and criticism. Difference (Psychology) in literature. Comic, The, in literature. Fear in literature. Gothic revival (Literature) Horror tales, English. Humorous stories, English. Great Britain. Criticism, interpretation, etc.