Mid-Century Gothic: The Uncanny Objects of Modernity in British Literature and Culture After the Second World War
Author:   Lisa Mullen
Publisher:   Manchester University Press
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Pages:   240
Publication Date:   01 March 2019
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Lisa Mullen
Publisher:   Manchester University Press
Imprint:   Manchester University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.549kg
ISBN:  

9781526132772


ISBN 10:   152613277
Pages:   240
Publication Date:   01 March 2019
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Introduction: ‘The world of things’: an introduction to mid-century gothic Part I: Agency 1 Rubble, walls and murals: abstraction and materiality 2 Seeing things: found objects and the eye of the beholder 3 Machines and spectrality: the gothic potential of technology Part II: Intimacy 4 Neophilia and nostalgia: the trouble with gentrification 5 Strange beauty: Costume, performance and power in the New Elizabethan age 6 Bombs, Prosthetics and Madness: Incorporating the Intimacy of Things Conclusion: Beyond the mid-century -- .

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Lisa Mullen is a Junior Research Fellow at Worcester College, University of Oxford

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