Australian Gothic
A Cinema of Horrors
Seiten
2022
University of Wales Press (Verlag)
978-1-78683-889-6 (ISBN)
University of Wales Press (Verlag)
978-1-78683-889-6 (ISBN)
The Gothic has contributed a distinctive style and atmosphere to Australian cinema since the 1970s. This book traces the appearance and interprets the meaning of key Gothic aspects of setting, landscape, characterisation and history in varied examples of Australian horror.
The term 'Gothic' has been applied to examples of Australian cinema since the 1970s, often in arbitrary and divergent ways. This book examines a wide range of Australian films to trace their Gothic resemblances, characteristics and meanings. Concentrating on the occurrence of Gothic motifs, characters, landscapes and narratives, it argues for the recognition and relevance of a coherent Gothic heritage in Australian film. Considering a plethora of Gothic representatives in relation to four consistent and illuminating continuities (images of the family, ideas of monstrosity, generic hybridity and the occurrence of the sublime), this study investigates the appearance and asserts the significance of Australian Gothic films within their national, cultural, literary and cinematic traditions.
The term 'Gothic' has been applied to examples of Australian cinema since the 1970s, often in arbitrary and divergent ways. This book examines a wide range of Australian films to trace their Gothic resemblances, characteristics and meanings. Concentrating on the occurrence of Gothic motifs, characters, landscapes and narratives, it argues for the recognition and relevance of a coherent Gothic heritage in Australian film. Considering a plethora of Gothic representatives in relation to four consistent and illuminating continuities (images of the family, ideas of monstrosity, generic hybridity and the occurrence of the sublime), this study investigates the appearance and asserts the significance of Australian Gothic films within their national, cultural, literary and cinematic traditions.
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
INTRODUCTION
FAMILIARITY
MONSTROSITY
HYBRIDITY
SUBLIMITY
CONCLUSION
FILMOGRAPHY
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX
Erscheinungsdatum | 13.06.2022 |
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Reihe/Serie | Gothic Literary Studies |
Zusatzinfo | No |
Verlagsort | Wales |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 138 x 216 mm |
Themenwelt | Literatur ► Krimi / Thriller / Horror ► Horror |
Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV | |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik | |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft | |
ISBN-10 | 1-78683-889-3 / 1786838893 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-78683-889-6 / 9781786838896 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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