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Record Nr.

UNINA9910461833603321

Autore

Elferen Isabella van

Titolo

Gothic music [[electronic resource] ] : the sounds of the uncanny / / Isabella van Elferen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cardiff, : University of Wales Press, 2012

ISBN

1-299-20146-6

0-7083-2518-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (242 p.)

Collana

Gothic literary studies

Disciplina

809.38729

Soggetti

Gothic rock music - History and criticism

Gothic fiction (Literary genre) - History and criticism

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Acknowledgements; Introduction:'Baleful Sounds and Wild Voices Ignored'; The Sound of Gothic Literature; Gothic Film Music:The Audiovisual Uncanny; Gothic Television Music:The Unhomely Home; Gothic Game Music: Hyperreality Haunted; Goth Music: Uncanny Embodied; The Unthinkable Sounds of the Uncanny; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Gothic Music: The Sounds of the Uncanny traces sonic Gothic through history and genres from the eighteenth-century ghost story through the spooky soundtracks of cinema, television and video games to the dark music of the Goth subculture.