Description
| Product ID: | 9781526160256 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Mid-Century Gothic |
| Subtitle: | The Uncanny Objects of Modernity in British Literature and Culture After the Second World War |
| Authors: | Author: Lisa Mullen |
| Page Count: | 240 |
| Subjects: | Other graphic or visual art forms, Other graphic art forms, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Mid-Century Gothic offers a fresh perspective on the cultural moment that followed World War II, and discovers a deep sense of unease mingling with optimism about the future. By reassessing the novels, films, visual culture and technologies of the period, the book argues that gothicism itself was redefined by the upstart objects of modernity. -- . Mid-Century Gothic offers a fresh perspective on the cultural moment that followed World War II, and discovers a deep sense of unease mingling with optimism about the future. By reassessing the novels, films, visual culture and technologies of the period, the book argues that gothicism itself was redefined by the upstart objects of modernity. |
| Imprint Name: | Manchester University Press |
| Publisher Name: | Manchester University Press |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2021-09-28 |
