Folkloric Horror in Medieval Literature

Zusammenfassung

Folkloric Horror in Medieval Literature: New Discussions and Approaches focuses on the medieval and early modern precursors of what is now frequently described as Folk Horror. Part of the argument staged in this book stems from an observation that much of what is currently excluded from the conversation about folk horror, if not all horror generally, could be considered folkloric or folkloresque in many cases and would be worthy of inclusion in the discussion. The argument here is that the recurrent use of medieval literature and tropes as elements of the modern Folk Horror revival in the late twentieth and twenty-first centuries stems in part from a modern repulsion and fascination with the premodern. It is also an outgrowth of traditional narrative fascinations with the abject and the rejected sense of past and place which is present in recognizable forms in premodern literatures globally.

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Bibliographische Angaben

Copyrightjahr

2024

ISBN-Print

978-1-6669-7133-0

ISBN-Online

978-1-6669-7134-7

Verlag

Lexington, Lanham

Sprache

Englisch

Seiten

160

Produkttyp

Monographie