Gothic voices : the vococentric soundworld of Gothic writing / Matt Foley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Foley, Matt, author.

Series:

Cambridge elements

Cambridge elements. Elements in the Gothic

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Gothic fiction (Literary genre).

Sound in literature.

Voice in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (65 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour), digital PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2023.

Summary:

Drawing inspiration from the field of 'sonic Gothic' studies, which has been spearheaded by the writings of Isabella van Elferen, as well as from Mladen Dolar's articulation of the psychoanalytic 'object' voice, this study introduces the critical category of 'vococentric Gothic' into Gothic scholarship. In so doing, it reads important moments in Gothic fiction when the voice takes precedence as an uncanny, monstrous or seductive object. Historically informed, the range of readings proffered demonstrate the persistence of these vocal motifs across time (from the Gothic romance to contemporary Gothic) and across intermedia forms (from literature to film to podcasts). Gothic Voices, then, provides the first dedicated account of voices of terror and horror as they develop in the Gothic mode from the Romantic period until today.

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2023.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on February 3, 2023).

Other Format:

Print version :

ISBN:

9781009162579

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.