Comic Gothic: An Edinburgh Companion by Horner, Avril

Comic Gothic: An Edinburgh Companion

The Edinburgh Companion to Comic Gothic explores the role of irony, satire, parody, pastiche and the absurd...
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Author: Avril Horner
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Comic Gothic: An Edinburgh Companion by Horner, Avril

Comic Gothic: An Edinburgh Companion

$2,361.58

Comic Gothic: An Edinburgh Companion

$2,361.58
Author: Avril Horner
Format: Hardcover
Language: English

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.



Author: Avril Horner
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Published: 06/30/2024
Pages: 296
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.30lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.69d
ISBN: 9781399505758

About the Author

Avril Horner is Emeritus Professor of English Literature at Kingston University. With Sue Zlosnik she has co-authored many articles and several books, including Daphne du Maurier: Writing, Identity and the Gothic Imagination (1998), Gothic and the Comic Turn (2005) and Women and the Gothic (2016). Other works include Edith Wharton: Sex, Satire and the Older Woman (with Janet Beer, 2011) and Living on Paper: Letters from Iris Murdoch, 1934-1995 (with Anne Rowe, 2015). Alone, she has published essays on writers such as Djuna Barnes, Kate Chopin, Iris Murdoch and Carol Ann Duffy. Her biography of Barbara Comyns will be published in 2024.

Sue Zlosnik is Emeritus Professor of English at Manchester Metropolitan University and former co-President of the International Gothic Association. With Avril Horner, she has published six books, including Daphne du Maurier: Writing, Identity and the Gothic Imagination (1998), Gothic and the Comic Turn (2005), The Edinburgh Companion to Women and the Gothic (2016) as well as numerous essays and articles. Alone, she has published essays on writers as diverse as J. R. R. Tolkien and Chuck Palahniuk and a monograph, Patrick McGrath (2011). She is co-editor (with Agnes Andeweg) of Gothic Kinship (2013).


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