The supernatural media virus : virus anxiety in Gothic fiction since 1990 /

Since the 1990s, the virus and the network metaphors have become increasingly popular, finding application in a broad range of everyday discourses, academic disciplines, and fiction genres. In this book, Rahel Sixta Schmitz defines and discusses a trope recurring in Gothic fiction: the supernatural...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Schmitz, Rahel Sixta, 1991- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bielefeld : Transcript, [2021]
Colección:Gegenwartsliteratur.
Temas:
1900-2099
Gothic fiction (Literary genre) > 20th century > History and criticism.
Gothic fiction (Literary genre) > 21st century > History and criticism.
Supernatural in literature.
Viruses in literature.
Supernatural in motion pictures.
Viruses in motion pictures.
Surnaturel dans la littérature.
Surnaturel au cinéma.
Virus au cinéma.
LITERARY CRITICISM > General.
Gothic fiction (Literary genre)
Supernatural in literature
Supernatural in motion pictures
Viruses in literature
Viruses in motion pictures
American Studies.
British Studies.
Film.
Horror.
Literary Studies.
Literature.
Media.
Network Society.
Virus.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Figures
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: The Age of Virus Anxiety
  • 1. The Virus, the Network, and the Supernatural Media Virus
  • 2. Ghostwatch and the Advent of the Network Society
  • 3. House of Leaves, the Network Paradigm, and the Abstract Supernatural Media Virus
  • 4. The Moral Dimension of the Supernatural Media Virus in the Ring Franchise
  • 5. The Digital Supernatural Media Virus and the Network Apocalypse in Kairo and Pulse
  • Conclusions: Future Mutations of the Supernatural Media Virus
  • Bibliography

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