From the Supernatural to the Uncanny
Author | : Zoltán Biedermann |
Publisher | : Cambridge Scholars Publishing |
Total Pages | : 290 |
Release | : 2018-01-23 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781527506923 |
ISBN-13 | : 1527506924 |
Rating | : 4/5 (23 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: This volume is a collection of thirteen essays built around the question ‘what is the supernatural, and how, and why, has it changed over time?’ It is divided into two complementary sections; the first focussing on research on the discourse of the supernatural (including the miraculous) located in the medieval and early modern eras, and the second consisting of a set of test-cases involving research on the uncanny, often articulated in a post-Freudian sense, as expressed in modern literature, film and art. The eclectic and prismatic approach pursued via a variety of test-cases of the supernatural in this book gives rise to a clear, comparative and diachronic study of the main characteristics of the supernatural.