{"product_id":"alan-moore-and-the-gothic-tradition-9781784993634","title":"Alan Moore and the Gothic Tradition","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe first book-length study to address Moore’s significance to the Gothic, this volume is also the first to provide in-depth analyses of his spoken-word performances, poetry and prose, as well as his comics and graphic novels. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe essays collected here identify the Gothic tradition as perhaps the most significant cultural context for understanding Moore’s work, providing unique insight into its wider social and political dimensions as well as addressing key theoretical issues in Gothic Studies, Comics Studies and Adaptation Studies. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eScholars, students and general readers alike will find fresh insights into Moore’s use of horror and terror, homage and parody, plus allusion and adaptation. The international list of contributors includes leading researchers in the field and the studies presented here enhance the understanding of Moore’s works while at the same time exploring the ways in which these serve to advance a broader appreciation of Gothic aesthetics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart I: Monstrous politics\u003cbr\u003e 1. Alan Moore and the Gothic tradition - Matthew J.A. Green \u003cbr\u003e 2. 'Soap opera of the paranormal': surreal Englishness and postimperial Gothic in \u003ci\u003eThe Bojeffries Saga - \u003c\/i\u003eTony Venezia \u003cbr\u003e 3. A Gothic politics: Alan Moore's \u003ci\u003eSwamp Thing\u003c\/i\u003e and radical ecology - Maggie Gray \u003cbr\u003e Part II: Gothic tropes\u003cbr\u003e 4. 'Is that you, our Jack?': an anatomy of Alan Moore's doubling strategies - Jochen Ecke \u003cbr\u003e 5. 'Nothing ever ends': facing the apocalypse in \u003ci\u003eWatchmen\u003c\/i\u003e - Christian W. Schneider \u003cbr\u003e 6. Gothic liminality in \u003ci\u003eV for Vendetta\u003c\/i\u003e - Markus Oppolzer \u003cbr\u003e Part III: Inheritance and adaptation\u003cbr\u003e 7. 'The sleep of reason': \u003ci\u003eSwamp Thing\u003c\/i\u003e and the intertextual reader - Michael Bradshaw\u003cbr\u003e 8. Madness and the City: the collapse of reason and sanity in Alan Moore's \u003ci\u003eFrom Hell\u003c\/i\u003e - Monica Germanà \u003cbr\u003e 9. 'I fashioned a prison that you could not leave': the Gothic imperative in \u003ci\u003eThe Castle of Otranto\u003c\/i\u003e and 'For the man who has everything' - Brad Ricca \u003cbr\u003e 10. Radical coterie and the idea of sole survival in \u003ci\u003eSt Leon\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFrankenstein\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWatchmen\u003c\/i\u003e - Claire Sheridan \u003cbr\u003e 11. Reincarnating Mina Murray: subverting the Gothic heroine? - Laura Hilton \u003cbr\u003e Part IV: Art, magic, sex, other\u003cbr\u003e 12. 'These are not our promised resurrections': unearthing the uncanny in Alan Moore's \u003ci\u003eA Small Killing\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFrom Hell\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eA Disease of Language\u003c\/i\u003e - Christopher Murray \u003cbr\u003e 13. Medium, spirits and embodiment in \u003ci\u003eVoice of the Fire\u003c\/i\u003e - Julia Round\u003cbr\u003e 14. A darker magic: heterocosms and bricolage in Moore's recent reworkings of Lovecraft - Matthew J. A. Green\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Manchester University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042322678103,"sku":"9781784993634","price":18.04,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781784993634.jpg?v=1750953908","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/alan-moore-and-the-gothic-tradition-9781784993634","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}