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The Gothic in Contemporary Literature and Popular Culture: Pop Goth: 08
Author(s): Justin Edwards (Editor), Agnieszka Soltysik Monnet
- Publisher: Routledge
- Publication Date: 11 Jun. 2012
- Edition: 1st
- Language: English
- Print length: 212 pages
- ISBN-10: 0415806763
- ISBN-13: 9780415806763
Book Description
This interdisciplinary collection brings together world leaders in Gothic Studies, offering dynamic new readings on popular Gothic cultural productions from the last decade. Topics covered include, but are not limited to: contemporary High Street Goth/ic fashion, Gothic performance and art festivals, Gothic popular fiction from Twilight to Shadow of the Wind, Goth/ic popular music, Goth/ic on TV and film, new trends like Steampunk, well-known icons Batman and Lady Gaga, and theorizations of popular Gothic monsters (from zombies and vampires to werewolves and ghosts) in an age of terror/ism.
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About the Author
Justin D. Edwards is Professor of English at the University of Surrey, UK.
Agnieszka Soltysik Monnet is Professor of American Literature at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland.
