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Giving an overview of contemporary Nordic Gothic in different media as well as tracing its history, Nordic Gothic also provides a number of case studies and in-depth analyses of individual narratives. It explores Nordic folklore, settings and identities as well as making visible cultural anxieties haunting the welfare state.
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Introduction
1 The past that haunts the present: the rise of Nordic Gothic - Yvonne Leffler & 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
Appendix: Nordic Gothic fiction
Bibliography
Index
About the author
Maria Holmgren Troy is Professor of English at Karlstad University
Summary
Giving an overview of contemporary Nordic Gothic in different media as well as tracing its history, Nordic Gothic also provides a number of case studies and in-depth analyses of individual narratives. It explores Nordic folklore, settings and identities as well as making visible cultural anxieties haunting the welfare state. -- .
