Format:
1 Online-Ressource (290 Seiten)
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418 MB 5 SW-Abbildungen, 54 Farbabbildungen
Edition:
1st ed
ISBN:
9783839455593
Series Statement:
Gegenwartsliteratur 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:
Online resource; title from title screen (viewed February 28, 2022)
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Doctoral Thesis Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen 2020
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9783837655599
Language:
English
Keywords:
Englisch
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Schauerliteratur
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Computervirus
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Geschichte 1990-2020
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Hochschulschrift
URL:
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