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This book examines contemporary Gothic cinema within a transnational approach by focusing on the aesthetic and philosophical roots which lie at the heart of the Gothic. The study will invoke its literary and filmic forebears by exploring how these styles informed the modern filmic Gothic.
List of contents
Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. The Gothic Tradition Illuminated on Screen; 2. Grief Encounters: Ghost Narratives; 3. Folk in Hell: Rurality in Transition; 4. Vampire Gothic as Post- Exotic Gloom; 5. Shock and Awe: Cosmic Horror as Existential Crisis; 6. De-composmolitanism: Zombie Horror as Apocalypse; Coda; Bibliography; Index.
About the author
Keith McDonald was a print journalist who worked on newspapers in the UK and Australia for 44 years. He started as a cadet on his local newspaper in South London and later edited the W.H.Smith retail chain's house newspaper. On moving to Australia, he edited a tri-weekly newspaper in New South Wales and finished his career on The West Australian, a Perth-based metropolitan daily. He has had experience as a reporter, feature writer, sub-editor, section editor, film reviewer and columnist. A Bahá'í for 50 years, he helped establish and edited Intercom-Bahá'í, a national UK newspaper. He also served on the editorial board of the Australia-New Zealand magazine, Herald of the South, and was editor of The Australian Bahá'í magazine. He lives in Perth, Western Australia.
Summary
This book examines contemporary Gothic cinema within a transnational approach by focusing on the aesthetic and philosophical roots which lie at the heart of the Gothic. The study will invoke its literary and filmic forebears by exploring how these styles informed the modern filmic Gothic.
