Consideration of Le Fanu within a specific historic and cultural 'moment' demonstrates how contextual re-readings of fiction can completely alter the dominant narrative.
Chaucer and the Ethics of Time examines Chaucer's formal and discursive preoccupation with time in his works, highlighting how interactions between the interior phenomenon... Læs mere
This book provides Welsh wassailing songs in their original language, translated into English and with musical notation, together with a vivid introduction to their significance within the society in which they were sung.
Precarious Sociality, Ethics and Politics examines filmmakers' 'return to work' by the late 1990s,... Læs mere
Curating and the Legacies of Colonialism in Contemporary Iberia redefines Iberian and curatorial Studies by situating curatorial practice at the centre of the configuration of modern, postcolonial societies in the Iberian context.
The Haunted States of America: Gothic Regionalism in Post-war American fiction focuses on existing regional Gothic strains... Læs mere
This book analyses the experience of the Mexican Republic in 1836–61 and provides an exemplary case study for newly independent states.
This book demonstrates how Gothic literature experiments with and subverts Romantic medical debates to reassess the power of nonnormative bodies within medical, social and political spheres, and to reallocate narrative agency to bodies typically silenced.
This book examines the swan in medieval literature, spanning from Classical to Early Modern associations.
Blumhouse Productions is the first academic book to examine one of the film industry’s most successful producers of horror cinema. Individual chapters offer readers a deeper appreciation of how Blumhouse makes its films with an unusual, but successful, business model.
Theorising the Contemporary Zombie marks a new and exciting study into why zombies are popular today and what lessons can be learned from the undead.
This book examines Gothic representations of childhood and adolescence in hemispheric American literature.