UID:
almahu_9949296945502882
Format:
1 online resource (290 p.)
ISBN:
9783839455593
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9783110743357
Series Statement:
Gegenwartsliteratur : TRSGELI ; 4
Content:
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 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.
Note:
Frontmatter --
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Contents --
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List of Figures --
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Acknowledgments --
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Introduction: The Age of Virus Anxiety --
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1. The Virus, the Network, and the Supernatural Media Virus --
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2. Ghostwatch and the Advent of the Network Society --
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3. House of Leaves, the Network Paradigm, and the Abstract Supernatural Media Virus --
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4. The Moral Dimension of the Supernatural Media Virus in the Ring Franchise --
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5. The Digital Supernatural Media Virus and the Network Apocalypse in Kairo and Pulse --
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Conclusions: Future Mutations of the Supernatural Media Virus --
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Bibliography
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Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
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In English.
In:
DG Plus PP Package 2021 Part 2, De Gruyter, 9783110743357
In:
EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2021 English, De Gruyter, 9783110754001
In:
EBOOK PACKAGE Literary, Cultural, Area Studies 2021 English, De Gruyter, 9783110754124
In:
EBOOK PACKAGE Literary, Cultural, Area Studies 2021, De Gruyter, 9783110753899
In:
transcript English Frontlist eBook-Package 2021, De Gruyter, 9783110767315
Language:
English
Subjects:
English Studies
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783839455593
URL:
https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9783839455593
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