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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Schmitz, Rahel Sixta, 1991- (Author)
Corporate Author:	Walter de Gruyter & Co
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Bielefeld : Transcript, [2021]
Series:	Gegenwartsliteratur.
Subjects:	Gothic fiction (Literary genre) > 20th century > History and criticism. Gothic fiction (Literary genre) > 21st century > History and criticism. Supernatural in literature. Viruses in literature. Supernatural in motion pictures. Viruses in motion pictures. Surnaturel dans la littérature. Surnaturel au cinéma. Virus au cinéma. LITERARY CRITICISM > General. Gothic fiction (Literary genre) Supernatural in literature Supernatural in motion pictures Viruses in literature Viruses in motion pictures 1900-2099 American Studies. British Studies. Film. Horror. Literary Studies. Literature. Media. Network Society. Virus. Electronic books. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Frontmatter
Contents
List of Figures
Acknowledgments
Introduction: The Age of Virus Anxiety
1. The Virus, the Network, and the Supernatural Media Virus
2. Ghostwatch and the Advent of the Network Society
3. House of Leaves, the Network Paradigm, and the Abstract Supernatural Media Virus
4. The Moral Dimension of the Supernatural Media Virus in the Ring Franchise
5. The Digital Supernatural Media Virus and the Network Apocalypse in Kairo and Pulse
Conclusions: Future Mutations of the Supernatural Media Virus
Bibliography