The Intermedial Experience of Horror: Suspended Failures

by J. Toikkanen

Overview

This book is an exploration of the phenomenon of horror from an unusual angle. Focusing on reading specific examples of literature from Romanticism to Modernism, the study brings together the phenomenon of horror with the topical concepts of experience and intermediality and highlights the complex relations they present.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781349452606
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	01/01/2013
Edition description:	1st ed. 2013
Pages:	167
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Jarkko Toikkanen teaches literature as a university lecturer in English Language, Literature and Translation at the University of Tampere, Finland. Previous appointments include Visiting Research Fellowship at the University of Westminster, London, UK. He has published the co-edited collection of articles The Grotesque and the Unnatural (2011).

Table of Contents

Preface: The Intermedial Experience of Horror PART I: CONCEPTS 1. Horror 2. Experience 3. Intermediality PART II: CASE STUDIES 4. Heinrich von Kleist: 'Über das Marionettentheater' 5. E. T. A. Hoffmann 'Der Sandmann' 6. Robert Frost: 'The Fear' 7. W. B. Yeats: 'The Magi' Postface: Suspended Failures Appendices Bibliography Index

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