The Theological Turn in Contemporary Gothic Fiction Holy Ghosts /

• Main Author: Marsden, Simon (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Literature, Modern-20th century.; Literature, Modern-21st century.; Film genres.; Contemporary Literature.; Genre.

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 G...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction: Spectres of the Sacred
• 2. Gothic Heresies
• 3. 'There were some stains that could not be removed': Adam Nevill and the Stain of Sin
• 4. Much Ado About Nothing: Peter Straub and Privation
• 5. William Peter Blatty and the Presence of the Absent Christ
• 6. 'Time to let go of all the old things': Justin Cronin's Radically Orthodox Christology
• 7. Sympathy for the Devil: Gothic Goes to Hell
• 8. The Sense of No Ending: (Re)Reading the Apocalyptic Stephen King
• 9. Conclusion: The Gothic Sacred.<conclusion: the="" fear="" of="" god.-="" bibliography
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