Mid-century Gothic: The Uncanny Objects of Modernity in British Literature and Culture After the Second World War - Couverture souple

Mullen, Lisa

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1526160250 ISBN 13 : 9781526160256

Editeur : Manchester University Press, 2021

Synopsis

Mid-Century Gothic defines a distinct post-war literary and cultural moment in Britain, lasting ten years from 1945-55. This was a decade haunted by the trauma of fascism and war, but equally uneasy about the new norms of peacetime and the resurgence of commodity culture. As old assumptions about the primacy of the human subject became increasingly uneasy, culture answered with gothic narratives that reflected two troubling qualities of the new objects of modernity: their uncannily autonomous agency, and their disquieting intimacy with the reified human body.
The book offers fresh readings of novels, plays, essays and films of the period, unearthing neglected texts as well as reassessing canonical works. By bringing these into dialogue with the mid-century architecture, exhibitions and material culture, it provides a new perspective on a notoriously neglected historical moment and challenges previous accounts of the supposed timidity of post-war culture.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Lisa Mullen is a Teaching Associate in Modern and Contemporary Literature at the University of Cambridge

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Manchester University Press
• Date d'édition: 2021
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1526160250
• ISBN 13: 9781526160256
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 240
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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