Gothic dementia : troubled minds in Gothic timelines / Laura R. Kremmel

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kremmel, Laura R., author.

Series:

Cambridge elements. Elements in the Gothic

Cambridge elements. Elements in the Gothic, 2634-8721

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dementia in literature.

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

Gothic fiction (Literary genre).

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2026

Summary:

"Gothic Dementia: Troubled Minds in Gothic Timelines introduces Gothic studies as a valuable lens through which to critically consider how we think about dementia. It argues that the Gothic's foundational narrative techniques can model approaches to similar dementia symptoms, such as chronological confusion, fragmentation, cyclical storytelling, repetition, unreliable narrators, unstable identities, uncanny behaviours, and Otherness. If we can navigate these challenging narrative elements in literature, can we navigate similar challenging dementia signs using interpretive strategies? Gothic Dementia considers this question in two ways: (1) through Gothic literary elements that correlate to characteristics of dementia and (2) through contentious horror film depictions of characters with dementia and their caregivers. Reading Gothic works and horror films within the context of dementia studies—and vice versa—can contribute valuable insights into a feared disease that threatens the core of who we imagine ourselves and others to be"-- Cambridge Core

Contents:

Introduction : Gothic rhetorics of cognitive dis-ease

Cycles of fear : Fragmentation and temporal confusion

Ageing supernaturally : Dementia in immortality

Lost selves : The demon in dementia

Uncanny connections : Caregivers and caretakers

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references

Online resource; title from PDF title page (Cambridge Core, viewed April 10, 2026)

Other Format:

Print version: Kremmel, Laura R. Gothic dementia

ISBN:

9781009576949

1009576941

9781009576994

1009576992

OCLC:

1579001978

Publisher Number:

CIPO000355729

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license