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OverviewSince 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 media virus. This trope comprises the confluence of the virus, the network, and a deep, underlying media anxiety. This study shows how Gothic narratives such as House of Leaves or The Ring feature the supernatural media virus to negotiate as well as actively shape imaginations of the network society and the dangers of a globalized, technologized world. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Rahel Sixta SchmitzPublisher: Transcript Verlag Imprint: Transcript Verlag Dimensions: Width: 14.70cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 22.60cm Weight: 0.666kg ISBN: 9783837655599ISBN 10: 3837655598 Pages: 290 Publication Date: 25 April 2023 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsReviewsBesprochen in: H.P. Lovecast Podcast, 30.09.2021 Author InformationRahel Sixta Schmitz, born in 1991, earned her doctorate in cultural studies at the Justus Liebig University in Giessen, Germany in 2020. Her research focuses on Gothic fiction across all narrative media, especially Gothic in the late twentieth and twenty-first century. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |