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The Supernatural Media Virus: Virus Anxiety in Gothic Fiction Since 1990
[Dissertation]
Abstract Since the 1990s, the virus and the network metaphors have become increasingly popular, finding application in a broad range of everyday discourses, academic disciplines, and fiction genres. In this book, Rahel Sixta Schmitz defines and discusses a trope recurring in Gothic fiction: the supernatural ... mehr
Since the 1990s, the virus and the network metaphors have become increasingly popular, finding application in a broad range of everyday discourses, academic disciplines, and fiction genres. In this book, Rahel Sixta Schmitz defines and discusses a trope recurring in Gothic fiction: the supernatural media virus. This trope comprises the confluence of the virus, the network, and a deep, underlying media anxiety. This study shows how Gothic narratives such as House of Leaves or The Ring feature the supernatural media virus to negotiate as well as actively shape imaginations of the network society and the dangers of a globalized, technologized world.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
Medien; Film; Literatur; Literaturwissenschaft
Klassifikation
Literaturwissenschaft, Sprachwissenschaft, Linguistik
andere Medien
Freie Schlagwörter
Gothic; Horror; Virus; Network Society; Literary Studies; American Studies; British Studies;
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2021
Verlag
transcript Verlag
Erscheinungsort
Bielefeld
Seitenangabe
287 S.
Schriftenreihe
Contemporary Literature, 4
DOI
https://doi.org/10.14361/9783839455593
ISSN
2703-0474
ISBN
978-3-8394-5559-3
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)