Folk Gothic / Dawn Keetley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Keetley, Dawn, 1965- author.

Series:

Cambridge elements. Elements in the Gothic.

Cambridge elements. Elements in the Gothic 2634-8721

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Folk horror fiction--History and criticism.

Folk horror fiction.

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

Gothic fiction (Literary genre).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (68 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2023.

Summary:

Folk Gothic begins with the assertion that a significant part of what has been categorised as folk horror is more accurately and usefully labelled as Folk Gothic. Through the modifier 'folk', Folk Gothic obviously shares with folk horror its deployment (and frequent fabrication) of diegetic folklore. Folk Gothic does not share, however, folk horror's incarnate monsters, its forward impetus across spatial and ontological boundaries and the shock and repulsion elicited through its bodily violence. The author argues that the Folk Gothic as a literary, televisual and cinematic formation is defined by particular temporal and spatial structures that serve to forge distinctly nonhuman stories. In emphasising these temporal and spatial structures - not literal 'folk' and 'monsters' - the Folk Gothic tells stories that foreground land and 'things', consequently loosening the grip of anthropocentrism.

Contents:

1. Folk gothic

1.1 The 'Folk' of Folk Horror and Folk Gothic

1.2 Folk Horror

1.3 Folk Gothic

2. From Horror to Folk Gothic : The Descent, The Green Inferno, Midsommar, The Ritual, Pet Sematary, In The Earth

2.1 The Descent

2.2 The Green Inferno

2.3 Midsommar

2.4 The Ritual

2.5 Pet Sematary

2.6 In the Earth

3. Folk Gothic Things : 'Randalls Round', 'The Temple', 'The Flint Knife'

3.1 From Artefacts to Things

3.2 'Horrible Primitive' Ritual in 'Randalls Round'

3.3 Ritual Things in 'The Temple' and 'The Flint Knife'

4. Folk Gothic's Place: The Owl Service, The Feast

4.1 'Not Haunted - More like, Still Happening'

4.2 Blodeuwedd's Feast

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 15 Dec 2023).

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781009190558

1009190555

9781009190565

1009190563

9781009160902

1009160907

OCLC:

1481798182