Troy / Unknown / Hõglund Nordic Gothic

1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-1-5261-2644-3
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: PC/MAC/eReader/Tablet

E-Book, Englisch, 224 Seiten

Reihe: International Gothic Series

Giving an overview of contemporary Nordic Gothic in different media as well as tracing its history, Nordic Gothic also provides a number of case studies and in-depth analyses of individual narratives. It explores Nordic folklore, settings and identities as well as making visible cultural anxieties haunting the welfare state.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Unknown,

Troy, Maria Holmgren

Hõglund, Johan

Leffler, Yvonne

Hoglund, Johan

Wijkmark, Sofia

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literarische Gattungen
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literarische Strömungen & Epochen
• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Filmwissenschaft, Fernsehen, Radio Filmgattungen, Filmgenre

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of figures
Introduction
1 The past that haunts the present: the rise of Nordic Gothic - Yvonne Leffler & Johan Höglund
2 Two Nordic Gothic icons: Hans Christian Andersen and Selma Lagerlöf - Maria Holmgren Troy & Sofia Wijkmark
3 Swedish Gothic and the demise of the welfare state - Sofia Wijkmark
4 Nordic Gothic crime: places and spaces in Johan Theorin's Öland quartet series - Yvonne Leffler
5 ‘The Chosen Ones’: Sara B. Elfgren and Mats Strandberg's teenage witch trilogy - Maria Holmgren Troy
6 Nordic troll Gothic - Sofia Wijkmark
7 Indigenous hauntings: Nordic Gothic and colonialism - Johan Höglund
8 Lost (and gained) in translation: Nordic Gothic and transcultural adaptation - Maria Holmgren Troy
9 Nordic Gothic new media - Johan Höglund
Appendix: Nordic Gothic fiction
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Troy Maria Holmgren:

Maria Holmgren Troy is Professor of English at Karlstad UniversityMaria Holmgren Troy is Professor of English at Karlstad University

Johan Höglund is Professor of English at Linnaeus University

Yvonne Leffler is Professor of Comparative Literature at University of Gothenburg

Sofia Wijkmark is Reader in Comparative Literature at Karlstad University