Gothic kinship / edited by Agnes Andeweg and Sue Zlosnik.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Andeweg, Agnes.

Zlosnik, Sue, 1949-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gothic fiction (Literary genre)--History and criticism.

Gothic fiction (Literary genre).

Horror films--History and criticism.

Horror films.

Kinship in literature.

Kinship in motion pictures.

Physical Description:

xi, 237 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Manchester ; New York : Manchester University Press, 2013.

Summary:

Gothic kinship is the first collection that investigates the nexus between Gothic and kinship figurations in a wide range of texts from different periods and different countries. What is it that makes certain forms of relatedness Gothic? In what sense may kinship be regarded as monstrous, or evil, or haunting? Although the preoccupation of Gothic fiction with the family has often been observed, these essays break new ground by bringing together case studies of Gothic kinship ties in film and literature and offering a synthesis and theorisation of the different appearances of the Gothic family. Writers discussed include early British Gothic writers such as Eleanor Sleath and Louisa Sidney Stanhope as well as a range of later authors writing in English, including Elizabeth Gaskell, William March, Stephen King, Poppy Z. Brite, Patricia Duncker, J.K. Rowling and Audrey Niffenegger. There are also essays on Dutch authors (Louis Couperus and Renate Dorrestein) and on the film directors Wes Craven and Steven Sheil. Arranged chronologically, the various contributions show that both early and contemporary Gothic display very diverse kinship ties, ranging from metaphorical to triangular, from queer to nuclear-patriarchal. Gothic proves to be a rich source of expressing both subversive and conservative notions of the family. Gothic kinship will be of interest to academics, graduate students and advanced undergraduates working on the Gothic, English, American and Dutch studies in literature and film, gender studies and cultural studies. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Matriarchal picture identification in first-wave British Gothic fiction / Kamilla Elliott Elliott, Kamilla 12

2 'Those most intimately concerned': the strength of chosen family in Elizabeth Gaskell's Gothic short fiction / Ardel Haefele-Thomas Haefele-Thomas, Ardel 30

3 The madwoman in the attic of Labuwangi: Couperus and colonial Gothic / Rosemarie Buikema Buikema, Rosemarie 48

4 Seed from the east, seed from the west, which one will turn out best? The demonic adoptee in The Bad Seed (1954) / Elisabeth Wesseling Wesseling, Elisabeth 63

5 'Children misbehaving in the walls!' or, Wes Craven's suburban family values / Bernice M. Murphy Murphy, Bernice M. 81

6 Fathers, friends, and families: Gothic kinship in Stephen King's Pet Sematary / John Sears Sears, John 97

7 Sisterhood is monstrous: Gothic imagery in Dutch feminist fiction / Agnes Andeweg Andeweg, Agnes 115

8 The political uncanny of the family: Patricia Duncker's The Deadly Space Between and The Civil Partnership Act / Anne Quéma Quéma, Anne 132

9 Violent households: the family destabilized in The Monk (1796), Zofloya, or the Moor (1818), and Her Fearful Symmetry (2009) / Joanne Watkiss Watkiss, Joanne 157

10 'As much a family as anyone could be, anywhere ever': revisioning the family in Poppy Z. Brite's Lost Souls / William Hughes Hughes, William 174

11 Gothic half-bloods: maternal kinship in Rowling's Harry Potter series / Ranita Chatterjee Chatterjee, Ranita 196

12 'They fuck you up' - revaluations of the family in contemporary British horror film: Steven Sheil's Mum & Dad / Johannes Schlegel Schlegel, Johannes 211.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780719088605

0719088607

OCLC:

855581260