
EcoGothic
Title:
EcoGothic
Author:
Series (if any):
International Gothic Series
Format:
Paperback
Number of pages:
216 pages
Publisher:
Manchester University Press (P648)
ISBN-13:
9781526106896
EAN:
9781526106896
Classifications:
Film, Television and Radio
Weight (g):
394
Dimensions (mm):
138 x 216 x 16
Publication Country:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Condition:
New
Description
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.










