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Mid-century gothic : the uncanny objects of modernity in British literature and culture after the Second World War / Lisa Mullen.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mullen, Lisa, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Goth culture (Subculture)--Great Britain--History--20th century.
- Goth culture (Subculture).
- Gothic fiction (Literary genre)--History and criticism.
- Gothic fiction (Literary genre).
- Horror tales, English--History and criticism--Theory, etc.
- Horror tales, English.
- Social change.
- History.
- Great Britain--Social life and customs--1945-.
- Great Britain.
- Manners and customs.
- Social change--Great Britain--History--20th century.
- World War, 1939-1945--Great Britain--Influence.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.).
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 230 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2019.
- Summary:
- 'Mid-Century Gothic' defines a distinct post-war literary and cultural moment in Britain, lasting ten years from 1945-55. This was a decade haunted by the trauma of fascism and war, but equally uneasy about the new norms of peacetime and the resurgence of commodity culture. As old assumptions about the primacy of the human subject became increasingly uneasy, culture answered with gothic narratives that reflected two troubling qualities of the new objects of modernity: their uncannily autonomous agency, and their disquieting intimacy with the reified human body. 0The book offers fresh readings of novels, plays, essays and films of the period, unearthing neglected texts as well as reassessing canonical works. By bringing these into dialogue with the mid-century architecture, exhibitions and material culture, it provides a new perspective on a notoriously neglected historical moment and challenges previous accounts of the supposed timidity of post-war culture.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- ebook version :
- ISBN:
- 152613277X
- 9781526132772
- OCLC:
- 1053903166
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