E-Book, Englisch, 224 Seiten
Reihe: International Gothic Series
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
ISBN: 978-1-5261-2644-3
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: PC/MAC/eReader/Tablet
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.
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Weitere Infos & Material
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




