The Intermedial Experience of Horror: Suspended Failures
Awards:   Short-listed for Bram Stoker Awards (Nonfiction) 2013
Author:   J. Toikkanen
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN:  

9781137299086


Pages:   167
Publication Date:   20 August 2013
Format:   Hardback
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  • Short-listed for Bram Stoker Awards (Nonfiction) 2013

Overview

This book is an exploration of the phenomenon of horror from an unusual angle. Focusing on reading specific examples of literature from Romanticism to Modernism, the study brings together the phenomenon of horror with the topical concepts of experience and intermediality and highlights the complex relations they present.

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Author:   J. Toikkanen
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   3.305kg
ISBN:  

9781137299086


ISBN 10:   1137299088
Pages:   167
Publication Date:   20 August 2013
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Preface: The Intermedial Experience of Horror PART I: CONCEPTS 1. Horror 2. Experience 3. Intermediality PART II: CASE STUDIES 4. Heinrich von Kleist: 'Über das Marionettentheater' 5. E. T. A. Hoffmann 'Der Sandmann' 6. Robert Frost: 'The Fear' 7. W. B. Yeats: 'The Magi' Postface: Suspended Failures Appendices Bibliography Index

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Jarkko Toikkanen teaches literature as a university lecturer in English Language, Literature and Translation at the University of Tampere, Finland. Previous appointments include Visiting Research Fellowship at the University of Westminster, London, UK. He has published the co-edited collection of articles The Grotesque and the Unnatural (2011).

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