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Gothicka : Vampire Heroes, Human Gods, and the New Supernatural.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge : Harvard University Press, 2012Copyright date: ©2012Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (350 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780674065406
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: GothickaDDC classification:
  • 700.415
LOC classification:
  • PN3435
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- One: White Dog, the Prequel: Between Imagination and Belief -- Two: Faux Catholic: A Gothick Genealogy from Monk Lewis to Dan Brown -- Three: Gothick God: The Worshipful World of Horror Fandom -- Four: Decommissioning Satan: In Favor of His Man-God Whelps -- Five: Gothick Romance: The Danse Macabre of Women -- Six: The Bright God Beckons: The New Vampire Romance -- Seven: Postapocalyptic Gothick: That Means Zombies (and the Occasional Zampire) -- Eight: The Gothick Theater of Halloween: Performing Allegor -- Nine: The Ten Rules of Sitges: Global Gothick Horror and Beyond -- Ten: Cathedral Head: The Gothick Cosmos of Guillermo del Toro -- Eleven: The New Christian Gothick: The Shack and Other Cathedrals -- Twelve: Epilogue: Questions without Answers -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index.
Summary: The Gothic has taken a revolutionary turn in this century. Today's Gothic has fashioned its monsters and devils into heroes and angels and is actively reviving supernaturalism in popular culture. Nelson argues that this mainstreaming of a spiritually driven supernaturalism is a harbinger of what a post-Christian religion in America might look like.
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Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- One: White Dog, the Prequel: Between Imagination and Belief -- Two: Faux Catholic: A Gothick Genealogy from Monk Lewis to Dan Brown -- Three: Gothick God: The Worshipful World of Horror Fandom -- Four: Decommissioning Satan: In Favor of His Man-God Whelps -- Five: Gothick Romance: The Danse Macabre of Women -- Six: The Bright God Beckons: The New Vampire Romance -- Seven: Postapocalyptic Gothick: That Means Zombies (and the Occasional Zampire) -- Eight: The Gothick Theater of Halloween: Performing Allegor -- Nine: The Ten Rules of Sitges: Global Gothick Horror and Beyond -- Ten: Cathedral Head: The Gothick Cosmos of Guillermo del Toro -- Eleven: The New Christian Gothick: The Shack and Other Cathedrals -- Twelve: Epilogue: Questions without Answers -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index.

The Gothic has taken a revolutionary turn in this century. Today's Gothic has fashioned its monsters and devils into heroes and angels and is actively reviving supernaturalism in popular culture. Nelson argues that this mainstreaming of a spiritually driven supernaturalism is a harbinger of what a post-Christian religion in America might look like.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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