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Gothic contemporaries : the haunted text / Joanne Watkiss.

Author/creator Watkiss, Joanne
Format Book and Print
Publication InfoCardiff : University of Wales Press, 2012.
Descriptionviii, 146 pages ; 22 cm.
Subject(s)
Portion of title Haunted text
Series Gothic literary studies
Gothic literary studies. ^A1011088
Contents Introduction: the horror of failed exchanges: signification, communication, ethics, death, inheritance and currency -- 1. H(a)unting the house: consuming Mark Z. Danielewski's House of leaves -- 2. The horror of miscommunication: The story of Lucy Gault -- 3. The Gothic double revised: memory, mourning and illegal twins in The sea -- 4. Conjuration, digestion, expulsion: the law of mourning in The gathering -- 5. An inherited poison: Hamlet, the castle of Otranto and Lunar Park -- 6. Gothic currency: mortgage, debt and exchange in Beyond black.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [139]-142) and index.
ISBN9780708324554 (hbk.)
ISBN070832455X (hbk.)
ISBN9780708324561 (pbk.)
ISBN0708324568

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Joyner General Stacks PN3435 .W38 2012 ✔ Available Place Hold