Lovecraft in the 21st Century

Lovecraft in the 21st Century assembles reflections from a wide range of perspectives on the significance of Lovecraft's influence in contemporary times. Building on a focus centered on the Anthropocene, adaptation, and visual media, the chapters in this collection focus on the following topics: Adaptation of Lovecraft's legacy in theater, television, film, graphic narratives, video games and game artwork The connection between the writer's legacy and his life Reading Lovecraft in light of contemporary criticism about capitalism, the posthuman, and the Anthropocene How contemporary authors have worked through the implicit racial and sexual politics in Lovecraft's fiction Reading Lovecraft's fiction in light of contemporary approaches to gender and sexuality

Product details

• Authors: Antonio Sederholm Alcala Gonzalez
• Assisted by: Antonio Alcala Gonzalez (Editor), Carl H. Sederholm (Editor), Sederholm Carl H. (Editor)
• Publisher: Routledge Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.09.2023
• EAN: 9780367713089
• ISBN: 978-0-367-71308-9
• No. of pages: 314
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 230 mm x 20 mm
• Series: Print on Demand; Routledge Studies in Speculative Fiction
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Humanities, art, music > History; Media Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, FICTION / Occult & Supernatural, FICTION / Horror, LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, Horror & ghost stories, United States of America, USA, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Horror and supernatural fiction, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, LITERARY CRITICISM / Novel as Form