Inhuman Materiality in Gothic Media

by Aspasia Stephanou

Book Overview

This book examines the manifestations of materiality across different gothic media to show the inhuman at the heart of literature, film and contemporary media, outlining a philosophy of horror that deals with the horror of the nonhuman, the machine and the nonorganic.

The author explores how materiality lends itself ideally to discussions of gothic and horror and acts as a threat to attempts to control meaning which falls outside the realm...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138227439
• ISBN13: 9781138227439
• Release Date: May 2019
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 178 Pages
• Weight: 0.93 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"