Nordic Gothic. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Maria Holmgren Troy, Johan Hõglund, Yvonne Leffler and Sofia Wijkmark.
• Editors: Holmgren Troy, Maria; Höglund, Johan Anders; Leffler, Yvonne; Wijkmark, Sofia
• Contents: Introduction -- 1. The past that haunts the present: the rise of Nordic Gothic / Yvonne Leffler and Johan Höglund -- 2. Two Nordic Gothic Icons: Hans Christian Andersen and Selma Lagerlöf / Maria Holmgren Troy & Sofia Wijkmark -- 3. Swedish Gothic and the demise of the welfare state / Sofia Wijkmark -- 4. Nordic Gothic crime: places and spaces in Johan Theorin's Öland quartet series / Yvonne Leffler -- 5. 'The Chosen Ones': Sara B. Elfgren and Mats Strandberg's teenage witch trilogy / Maria Holmgren Troy -- 6. Nordic troll Gothic / Sofia Wijkmark -- 7. Indigenous hauntings: Nordic Gothic and colonialism -- Johan Höglund -- 8. Lost (and gained) in translation: Nordic Gothic and transcultural adaptation / Maria Holmgren Troy -- 9. Nordic Gothic new media / Johan Höglund -- Index.
• Publisher Details: Manchester, UK : Manchester University Press
• Publication Date: 2020
• Copyright Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource (224 pages)
• Subjects: 823.0872909; Gothic literature -- Scandinavia -- History and criticism; Gothic fiction (Literary genre) -- Film adaptations; Gothic fiction (Literary genre) -- History and criticism; Literature and transnationalism -- Scandinavia; Literary Studies: From C 1900; Gothic fiction (Literary genre); Gothic literature; Literature and transnationalism; Social conditions; Scandinavia -- Gothic fiction; Scandinavia -- Folklore; Scandinavia -- Social conditions -- 21st century; Scandinavia; Criticism, interpretation, etc; Film adaptations; Folklore; Gothic fiction
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781526126443; 1526126443
• Related ISBNs: 9781526126450; 9781526126436
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on publisher's data.
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