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Nordic Gothic / Maria Holmgren Troy, Johan H?oglund, Yvonne Leffler and Sofia Wijkmark.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Holmgren Troy, Maria, author.
- Höglund, Johan Anders, author.
- Leffler, Yvonne, author.
- Wijkmark, Sofia, author.
- Series:
- International Gothic.
- International Gothic
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Gothic fiction (Literary genre)--History and criticism.
- Gothic fiction (Literary genre).
- Scandinavian literature--History and criticism.
- Scandinavian literature.
- Gothic revival (Literature)--Scandinavia.
- Gothic revival (Literature).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xi, 210 pages) : illustrations (black and white), digital, PDF file(s).
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2020.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- Giving an overview of contemporary Nordic Gothic in different media as well as tracing its history, 'Nordic Gothic' also provides a number of case studies and in-depth analyses of individual narratives. It explores Nordic folklore, settings and identities as well as making visible cultural anxieties haunting the welfare state.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- 1. The past that haunts the present: the rise of Nordic Gothic / Yvonne Leffler and Johan Höglund
- 2. Two Nordic Gothic Icons: Hans Christian Andersen and Selma Lagerlöf / Maria Holmgren Troy & Sofia Wijkmark
- 3. Swedish Gothic and the demise of the welfare state / Sofia Wijkmark
- 4. Nordic Gothic crime: places and spaces in Johan Theorin's Öland quartet series / Yvonne Leffler
- 5. 'The Chosen Ones': Sara B. Elfgren and Mats Strandberg's teenage witch trilogy / Maria Holmgren Troy
- 6. Nordic troll Gothic / Sofia Wijkmark
- 7. Indigenous hauntings: Nordic Gothic and colonialism
- Johan Höglund
- 8. Lost (and gained) in translation: Nordic Gothic and transcultural adaptation / Maria Holmgren Troy
- 9. Nordic Gothic new media / Johan Höglund
- Index.
- Notes:
- MUP 2020 titles.
- Made available via: manchesterhive.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781526163950
- 1526163950
- 9781526126443
- 1526126443
- OCLC:
- 1149150130
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