Italian Gothic : : An Edinburgh Companion / / ed. by Marco Malvestio.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2023 English
• MitwirkendeR: Billiani, Francesca,; Camilletti, Fabio,; Corradi, Morena,; Curti, Roberto,; Di Martino, Simona,; Foni, Fabrizio,; Giusti, Giulio,; Malvestio, Marco,; Ramsey-Portolano, Catherine,; Serafini, Stefano,; Vitolo, Eduardo,
• HerausgeberIn: Malvestio, Marco,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2023]; ©2023
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Language: English
• Series: Edinburgh Companions to the Gothic : ECG
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (264 p.)

The first critical study that theorises the Italian Gothic and examines its main forms and manifestations across arts, media, and disciplines. Offers a new account of the historical developments of Gothic narratives in the Italian context from the second half of the eighteenth century to the present dayExplores how, and with what implications, the Gothic has infiltrated a variety of media, including poetry, periodicals and magazines, cinema, comics, and musicExamines some of the major themes of the Italian Gothic, such as the Gothic body, the female Gothic, Gothic criminology, and folk horror and the ecogothicThis companion constitutes the first, systematic theorisation of the Italian Gothic. Through an interdisciplinary, trans-medial approach that encompasses prose fiction, poetry, journalism, film, music, and comics, it explores the varied and complex metamorphoses of the Gothic in Italy from the late eighteenth century to the present day. Although the last thirty years have seen a burgeoning in the academic study of the Gothic at college and university levels and in related publications, scholars have long struggled to even acknowledge the very existence of this mode in the Italian context. This companion does not only fill in a historical and critical gap in the scholarship, but it also contributes to revitalising the field of Gothic Studies, opening new channels of communication, and paving the way to the exploration of the fruitful interchanges between Italian and other European and American configurations of the Gothic.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: ‘A systemic disorder, an extravagant research, and an abjuration of common sense’: Defining the Italian Gothic -- Part I History -- Chapter 1 Gothic Beginnings: 1764–1827 -- Chapter 2 The Gothic and the Historical Novel: 1828–1860 -- Chapter 3 Early Developments: 1861–1914 -- Chapter 4 The Age of Permutations: 1915–1956 -- Chapter 5 The Golden Age of the Gothic: 1957–1979 -- Chapter 6 The Decline of the Gothic: 1980–2020 -- Part II Media -- Chapter 7 Gothic Poetry -- Chapter 8 The Gothic in Periodicals and Magazines -- Chapter 9 Gothic Cinema -- Chapter 10 Comics and the Gothic -- Chapter 11 Gothic Music -- Part III Themes -- Chapter 12 The Gothic Body -- Chapter 13 The Female Gothic -- Chapter 14 Gothic Criminology -- Chapter 15 Ecogothic and Folk Horror -- Notes on Contributors -- Index