Monstrous Media/Spectral Subjects: Imaging Gothic from the Nineteenth Century to the Present

by Jean-François Baillon, Agnieszka Soltysik Monnet, Gregory Brophy, et al.

Book Overview

Monstrous media/spectral subjects explores the intersection of monsters, ghosts, representation and technology in Gothic texts from the nineteenth century to the present. It argues that emerging media technologies from the phantasmagoria and magic lantern to the hand-held video camera and the personal computer both shape Gothic subjects and in turn become Gothicised.

In a collection of essays that ranges from the Victorian fiction of Wilkie...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0719089778
• ISBN13: 9780719089770
• Release Date: April 2015
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.6"