Horror and Religion

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Horror and Religion is an edited collection of essays offering structured discussions of spiritual and theological conflicts in Horror fiction from the late-sixteenth to the twenty-first century. Contributors explore the various ways that horror and religion have interacted over themes of race and sexuality; the texts under discussion chart the way in which the religious imagination has been deployed over the course of Horror fiction’s development, from a Gothic mode based in theological polemics to a more distinct genre in the twenty-first century that explores the afterlife of religion. Horror and Religion focuses on the Horror genre and its characteristics of the body, sexuality, trauma and race, and the essays explore how Horror fiction has shifted emphasis from anti-Catholicism and anti-Semitism to incorporate less understood historical and theological issues, such as the ‘Death of God’ and the spiritual destabilisation of the secular. By confronting spiritual conflicts in Horror fiction, this volume offers new perspectives on what we traditionally perceive as horrifying.

Acknowledgements
Notes on Contributors
Introduction
1. ‘Headlong into an Immense Abyss’: Horror and Calvinism in Scotland and the United States - Neil Syme
2. The Blood is the Life: An Exploration of the Vampire’s Jewish Shadow - Mary Going
3. Decadent Horror Fiction and Fin-de-Siècle Neo-Thomism - Zoë Lehmann Imfeld
4. ‘Let the Queer One in’: The Performance of the Holy, Innocent and Monstrous Body in Vampire Fiction - Rachel Mann
5. More or Less Human, or Less is More Humane?: Monsters, Cyborgs and Technological (Ex)tensions of Edenic Bodies - Scott Midson
6. Horror and the Death of God - Simon Marsden
7. Aboriginal Ghosts, Sacred Cannibals and the Pagan Christ: Consuming the Past as Salvation in Wilson Harris’s Jonestown - Eleanor Beal
8. Reconfiguring Gothic Anti-Catholicism: Faith and Folk-Horror in the Work of Andrew Michael Hurley - Jonathan Greenaway
9. ‘Deliver Us from Evil’: David Mitchell, Repetition and Redemption - Andrew Tate
Bibliography
Index

Sujets

• Literary Criticism
• Romance
• Gothic

Informations

• Publié par: University of Wales Press
• Date de parution: 15 juillet 2019
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781786834416
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 14 Mo

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Religion

HORROR STUDIES

HORROR AND Religion

NEW LITERARY APPROACHES TO THEOLOGY, RACE AND SEXUALITY

EDITED BY ELEANOR BEAL AND JONATHAN GREENAWAY

HORROR AND Religion

HORROR STUDIES

Serîes Edîtor Xavîer Aldana Reyes, Mancester Metropolîtan Unîversîty

Edîtorîal Board Stacey Abbott, Roeampton Unîversîty Harry M. Bensof, Unîversîty o Nort Texas Lînnîe Blake, Mancester Metropolîtan Unîversîty Fred Bottîng, Kîngston Unîversîty Steven Brum, Western Unîversîty Stefen Hantke, Sogang Unîversîty Joan Hawkîns, ïndîana Unîversîty Agnîeszka Soltysîk Monnet, Unîversîty o Lausanne Bernîce M. Murpy, Trînîty College Dublîn Jonny Walker, Nortumbrîa Unîversîty

Preface Horror Studîes îs te Irst book serîes exclusîvely dedîcated to te study o te genre în îts varîous manîestatîons – rom Ictîon to cînema and televî- sîon, magazînes to comîcs, and extendîng to oter orms o narratîve texts suc as vîdeo games and musîc. Horror Studîes aîms to raîse te proIle o Horror and to urter îts academîc înstîtutîonalîsatîon by provîdîng a pub- lîsîng ome or cuttîng-edge researc. As an excîtîng new venture wîtîn te establîsed Cultural Studîes and Lîterary Crîtîcîsm programme, Horror Studîes wîll expand te Ield în înnovatîve and student-rîendly ways.

HORROR AND Religion

NEW LITERARY APPROACHES TO THEOLOGY, RACE AND SEXUALITY

EDITED BY ELEANOR BEAL AND JONATHAN GREENAWAY

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1. ‘Headlong înto an Immense Abyss’ Horror and Calvînîsm în Scotland and te Unîted States Neîl Syme

2. he Blood Is te Lîfe An Exploratîon of te Vampîre’s Jewîs Sadow Mary Goîng

3. Decadent Horror Fîctîon andFindeSiècleNeo-homîsm Zoë Lemann ïmeld

4. ‘Let te Queer One în’ he Performance of te Holy, Innocent and Monstrous Body în Vampîre Fîctîon Racel Mann

5. More or Less Human, or Less îs More Humane? Monsters, Cyborgs and Tecnologîcal (Ex)tensîons of Edenîc Bodîes Scott Mîdson

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Aborîgînal Gosts, Sacred Cannîbals and te Pagan Crîst Consumîng te Past as Salvatîon în Wîlson Harrîs’s Jonestown Eleanor Beal

Reconigurîng Gotîc Antî-Catolîcîsm Faît and Folk-Horror în te Work of Andrew Mîcael Hurley Jonatan Greenaway

‘Delîver Us from Evîl’ Davîd Mîtcell, Repetîtîon and Redemptîon Andrew Tate

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E WOULD LïKE to express our gratîtude to Sara Lewîs and te W publîsîng team at Unîversîty o Wales Press or teîr support o tîs project. Our sîncere tanks also goes to Horror Studîes serîes edîtor, Xavîer Aldana Reyes, or îs rîendsîp and îs encouragement and advîce. Fînally, we especîally want to tank all te contrîbutors wose ard work, dîlîgence and entusîasm made tîs book possîble. Eac one was a delîgt to work wît.

Notes on Contributors

Eleanor Bealîs Assocîate Lecturer în Fîlm and Lîterature at Mancester Metropolîtan Unîversîty. Her researc ocuses on te întersectîons between teology, relîgîon and sexualîty în contemporary lîterature. Se îs autor o te ortcomîngPost-secuar Gotîc:Dîsencantment and Reencantment în Contemporary Gotîc Fîctîons(Palgrave Macmîllan).

Mary Goînga PD candîdate at te Unîversîty o Seield, explor- îs îng depîctîons o Jewîs caracters, myts and legends – suc as Sylock, Caîn, vampîres and te Wanderîng Jew – în late eîgteent- and early nîneteent-century lîterature. Se îs co-organîser o Seield Gotîc, and lead organîser o te ‘Reîmagînîng te Gotîc’ and ‘Gotîc Bîble’ projects at te Unîversîty o Seield. Se îs also te current web oicer or te ïnternatîonal Gotîc Assocîatîon.

Jonatan GreenawayAssocîate Lecturer în Fîlm and Lîterature at îs Mancester Metropolîtan Unîversîty. Hîs researc ocuses on te Gotîc, Marxîsm and teology. He îs co-ounder and edîtor o teDark Arts Jour- naand te autor o te ortcomîng bookHeoogy, orror and Fîctîon: A Readîng of te Gotîc Nîneteent Century(Bloomsbury Academîc).

Zoë Lemann Imfeldwas recently Mîleva Marîc Fellow at te Center or Space and Habîtabîlîty (exact scîences), Unîversîty o Bern. Se îs a Senîor Lecturer în Modern Englîs Lîterature at te Unîversîty o Zurîc