: Dr Catherine Spooner
: Post-Millennial Gothic Comedy, Romance and the Rise of Happy Gothic
: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC (Digital)
: 9781441170415
: 1
: CHF 52.40
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: Sonstiges
: English
: 256
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Surveying the widespread appropriations of the Gothic in contemporary literature and culture,Post-Millennial Gothic shows contemporary Gothic is often romantic, funny and celebratory. Reading a wide range of popular texts, from Stephenie Meyer''sTwilightseries through Tim Burton''s Gothic film adaptations ofSweeney Todd,Alice in Wonderland andDark Shadows, to the appearance of Gothic in fashion, advertising and television, Catherine Spooner argues that conventional academic and media accounts of Gothic culture have overlooked this celebratory strain of ''Happy Gothic''.

Identifyin a shift in subcultural sensibilities following media coverage of the Columbine shootings, Spooner suggests that changing perceptions of Goth subculture have shaped the development of 21st-century Gothic. Reading these contemporary trends back into their sources, Spooner also explores how they serve to highlight previously neglected strands of comedy and romance in earlier Gothic literature.