Post-Millennial Gothic

Name: Post-Millennial Gothic
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Comedy, Romance and the Rise of Happy Gothic

By Dr Catherine Spooner

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Post-Millennial Gothic surveys the widespread use of Gothic elements in contemporary literature and culture, revealing that modern Gothic often embraces romantic, humorous, and celebratory tones. Dr Catherine Spooner explores popular texts like Stephenie Meyer's Twilight series, Tim Burton's Gothic film adaptations such as Sweeney Todd, Alice in Wonderland, and Dark Shadows, as well as Gothic influences in fashion, advertising, and television. The book highlights a neglected ‘Happy Gothic’ strand and charts how changing media portrayals of Goth subculture, especially post-Columbine, have reshaped 21st-century Gothic sensibilities, offering fresh perspectives on earlier Gothic literature.
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This book is ideal for students, scholars, and enthusiasts of Gothic literature and culture, particularly those interested in contemporary adaptations and subcultural studies. It is also recommended for readers exploring media, film, fashion, and cultural trends within the post-millennial context.

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Surveying the widespread appropriations of the Gothic in contemporary literature and culture, Post-Millennial Gothic shows contemporary Gothic is often romantic, funny, and celebratory.

Reading a wide range of popular texts, from Stephenie Meyer's Twilight series through Tim Burton's Gothic film adaptations of Sweeney Todd, Alice in Wonderland, and Dark Shadows, to the appearance of Gothic in fashion, advertising, and television, Catherine Spooner argues that conventional academic and media accounts of Gothic culture have overlooked this celebratory strain of 'Happy Gothic'.

Identifying a shift in subcultural sensibilities following media coverage of the Columbine shootings, Spooner suggests that changing perceptions of Goth subculture have shaped the development of 21st-century Gothic. Reading these contemporary trends back into their sources, Spooner also explores how they serve to highlight previously neglected strands of comedy and romance in earlier Gothic literature.

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Critics praise Spooner's impressive range of sources and accessible writing style. Romantic Circles highlights the wide array of primary texts explored, while The Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts commends the persuasive argument that comedy integrated with Gothic represents a new form rather than a fringe aspect. The Dark Arts Journal calls the book well-rounded and readable, and Fantastika notes its value to both Gothic scholars and those interested in material culture and post-millennial studies.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781441101211

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 23 February 2017

Country: United States

Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic

Audience: Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 16.0mm

Width: 154.0mm

Height: 234.0mm

Weight: 360g

Pages: 232

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Dr Catherine Spooner Education & Reference Non-Fiction

About the Author

Catherine Spooner is Senior Lecturer in English Literature at Lancaster University, UK. She is co-editor (with Emma McEvoy) of The Routledge Companion to Gothic (2007) and author of Contemporary Gothic (2006) and Fashioning Gothic Bodies (2004).