Comic Gothic - (Edinburgh Companions to the Gothic) by Avril Horner & Sue Zlosnik
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Highlights
- The Edinburgh Companion to Comic Gothic explores the role of irony, satire, parody, pastiche and the absurd in Gothic texts dating from the eighteenth century up to the present day.
- Author(s): Avril Horner & Sue Zlosnik
- 296 Pages
- Literary Criticism, Gothic & Romance
- Series Name: Edinburgh Companions to the Gothic
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About the Book
Extends the body of scholarship on Comic Gothic to cover contemporary texts, new media and texts from other cultures
Book Synopsis
The Edinburgh Companion to Comic Gothic explores the role of irony, satire, parody, pastiche and the absurd in Gothic texts dating from the eighteenth century up to the present day. Its particular focus on the use of Comic Gothic in social media and popular culture make it a distinctive and original contribution to Gothic studies that will be especially welcomed by undergraduate and postgraduate students.
Review Quotes
The Gothic has to do with the dark, but ever since the days of Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey it has also had its comic side, revelling in exaggeration, melodrama, pastiche, satire and the absurd, as this brilliant collection of essays demonstrates across a satisfyingly wide range of periods and styles.
--David Punter, University of Bristol
