The supernatural media virus virus anxiety in Gothic fiction since 1990
Since the 1990s, the virus and the network metaphors have become increasingly popular, finding application in a broad range of everyday discourses, academic disciplines, and fiction genres. In this book, Rahel Sixta Schmitz defines and discusses a trope recurring in Gothic fiction: the supernatural...
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| Formato: | Tesis |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Bielefeld
transcript Verlag
2021
Bielefeld : [2021] |
| Edición: | 1st ed |
| Colección: | Gegenwartsliteratur
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009670539906719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter 1 Contents 5 List of Figures 7 Acknowledgments 9 Introduction: The Age of Virus Anxiety 11 1. The Virus, the Network, and the Supernatural Media Virus 39 2. Ghostwatch and the Advent of the Network Society 83 3. House of Leaves, the Network Paradigm, and the Abstract Supernatural Media Virus 115 4. The Moral Dimension of the Supernatural Media Virus in the Ring Franchise 155 5. The Digital Supernatural Media Virus and the Network Apocalypse in Kairo and Pulse 205 Conclusions: Future Mutations of the Supernatural Media Virus 249 Bibliography 269
