Comic Gothic
An Edinburgh Companion
Avril Horner editor Sue Zlosnik editor
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Edinburgh University Press
Publishing:31st Jan '26
£24.99
This title is due to be published on 31st January, and will be despatched as soon as possible.
The Edinburgh Companion to Comic Gothic explores the role of irony, satire, parody, pastiche and the absurd in Gothic texts dating from the eighteenth century up to the present day. Its particular focus on the use of Comic Gothic in social media and popular culture make it a distinctive and original contribution to Gothic studies that will be especially welcomed by undergraduate and postgraduate students.
The Gothic has to do with the dark, but ever since the days of Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey it has also had its comic side, revelling in exaggeration, melodrama, pastiche, satire and the absurd, as this brilliant collection of essays demonstrates across a satisfyingly wide range of periods and styles. -- David Punter, University of Bristol
ISBN: 9781399557702
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296 pages