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Marsden, Simon.

The theological turn in contemporary Gothic fictionholy ghosts /

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	The theological turn in contemporary Gothic fictionby Simon Marsden.
Reminder of title:	holy ghosts /
Author:	Marsden, Simon.
Published:	Cham :Springer International Publishing :2018.
Description:	viii, 210 p. :digital ;21 cm.
Contained By:	Springer eBooks
Subject:	Gothic fiction (Literary genre), AmericanHistory and criticism.
Online resource:	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-96571-0
ISBN:	9783319965710$q(electronic bk.)

The theological turn in contemporary Gothic fictionholy ghosts /
Marsden, Simon.

The theological turn in contemporary Gothic fictionholy ghosts /[electronic resource] :by Simon Marsden. - Cham :Springer International Publishing :2018. - viii, 210 p. :digital ;21 cm.

This study examines theological themes and resonances in post-1970 Gothic fiction. It argues that contemporary Gothic is not simply a secularised genre, but rather one that engages creatively - and often subversively - with theological texts and traditions. This creative engagement is reflected in Gothic fiction's exploration of theological concepts including sin and evil, Christology and the messianic, resurrection, eschatology and apocalypse. Through readings of fiction by Gothic and horror writers including Stephen King, Joyce Carol Oates, Peter Straub, William Peter Blatty and others, this book demonstrates that Christianity continues to haunt the Gothic imagination and that the genre's openness to the mysterious, numinous and non-rational opens space in which to explore religious beliefs and experiences less easily accessible to more overtly realist forms of representation. The book offers a new perspective on contemporary Gothic fiction that will be of interest to students and scholars of contemporary Gothic and of the relationship between literature and religion more generally.

ISBN: 9783319965710$q(electronic bk.)

Standard No.: 10.1007/978-3-319-96571-0doiSubjects--Topical Terms:

460986
Gothic fiction (Literary genre), American
--History and criticism.

LC Class. No.: PN3435 / .M37 2018

Dewey Class. No.: 813.0872909

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