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The Theological Turn in Contemporary Gothic Fiction - Holy Ghosts (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2018)
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The Theological Turn in Contemporary Gothic Fiction - Holy Ghosts (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2018)
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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.
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