LEADER 03057nam 2200613 450 001 9910583592103321 005 20220413171931.0 010 $a3-8394-5559-6 024 3 $a9783839455593 035 $a(CKB)4100000011983740 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6668320 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL6668320 035 $a(OCoLC)1259589615 035 $a(transcript Verlag)9783839455593 035 $a(DE-B1597)590659 035 $a(DE-B1597)9783839455593 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000011983740 100 $a20220326d2021 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe supernatural media virus $evirus anxiety in Gothic fiction since 1990 /$fRahel Sixta Schmitz 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aBielefeld :$cTranscript,$d[2021] 210 4$dİ2021 215 $a1 online resource (291 pages) 225 0 $aContemporary literature ;$vVolume 4 311 $a3-8376-5559-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aFrontmatter 1 Contents 5 List of Figures 7 Acknowledgments 9 Introduction: The Age of Virus Anxiety 11 1. The Virus, the Network, and the Supernatural Media Virus 39 2. Ghostwatch and the Advent of the Network Society 83 3. House of Leaves, the Network Paradigm, and the Abstract Supernatural Media Virus 115 4. The Moral Dimension of the Supernatural Media Virus in the Ring Franchise 155 5. The Digital Supernatural Media Virus and the Network Apocalypse in Kairo and Pulse 205 Conclusions: Future Mutations of the Supernatural Media Virus 249 Bibliography 269 330 $aSince the 1990s, the virus and the network metaphors have become increasingly popular, finding application in a broad range of everyday discourses, academic disciplines, and fiction genres. In this book, Rahel Sixta Schmitz defines and discusses a trope recurring in Gothic fiction: the supernatural media virus. This trope comprises the confluence of the virus, the network, and a deep, underlying media anxiety. This study shows how Gothic narratives such as House of Leaves or The Ring feature the supernatural media virus to negotiate as well as actively shape imaginations of the network society and the dangers of a globalized, technologized world. 410 0$aGegenwartsliteratur 606 $aGothic fiction (Literary genre)$y20th century$xHistory and criticism 610 $aAmerican Studies. 610 $aBritish Studies. 610 $aFilm. 610 $aHorror. 610 $aLiterary Studies. 610 $aLiterature. 610 $aMedia. 610 $aNetwork Society. 610 $aVirus. 615 0$aGothic fiction (Literary genre)$xHistory and criticism. 676 $a809.3876 700 $aSchmitz$b Rahel Sixta$f1991-$01250568 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910583592103321 996 $aThe supernatural media virus$92898720 997 $aUNINA