The grotesque / Justin D. Edwards and Rune Graulund.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Edwards, Justin D., 1970-

Contributor:

Graulund, Rune

Series:

New critical idiom

The new critical idiom

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Grotesque in literature.

Literature, Modern--History and criticism.

Literature, Modern.

Physical Description:

vi, 161 pages ; 21 cm.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2013.

Summary:

Grotesque provides an invaluable and accessible guide to the use (and abuse) of this complex literary term. Justin D. Edwards and Rune Graulund explore the influence of the grotesque on cultural forms throughout history, with particular focus on its representation in literature, visual art and film. The book: presents a history of the literary grotesque from Classical writing to the present, examines theoretical debates around the term in their historical and cultural contexts, introduce readers to key writers and artists of the grotesque, from Homer to Rabelais, Shakespeare, Carson McCullers and David Cronenberg, analyses key terms such as disharmony, deformed and distorted bodies, misfits and freaks, explores the grotesque in relation to queer theory, postcolonialism and the carnivalesque. Grotesque presents readers with an original and distinctive overview of this vital genre and is an essential guide for students of literature, art history and film studies. Book jacket.

Contents:

Grotesquerie

Groteskology; or, grotesque in theory

Monstrous and grotesque

Grotesque bodies

Disharmony and transgression

Attraction/repulsion

Laughter and grotesque

Queerly grotesque

Postcolonial grotesque

Conclusion: global grotesque.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [147]-155) and index.

ISBN:

9780415519090

0415519098

9780415519106

0415519101

OCLC:

802326006

Publisher Number:

40022471829