Grotesque / / Justin D. Edwards and Rune Graulund

• Autore: Edwards Justin D. <1970-, >
• Pubblicazione: Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York, N.Y. : , : Routledge, , 2013
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (177 pages)
• Disciplina: 809/.915
• Soggetto topico: Grotesque in literature; Literature, Modern - History and criticism; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY - Literary; Literature, Modern; Das Groteske; Groteske; Criticism, interpretation, etc
• Altri autori: GraulundRune
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Grotesquerie -- Groteskology; or, grotesque in theory -- Monstrous and grotesque -- Grotesque bodies -- Disharmony and transgression -- Attraction/repulsion -- Laughter and grotesque -- Queerly grotesque -- Postcolonial grotesque -- Conclusion: global grotesque.
• Sommario/riassunto: Grotesque provides an invaluable and accessible guide to the use (and abuse) of this complex literary term. Justin D. Edwards and Rune Graulund explore the influence of the grotesque on cultural forms throughout history, with particular focus on its representation in literature, visual art and film.The book:presents a history of the literary grotesque from Classical writing to the presentexamines theoretical debates around the term in their historical and cultural contextsintroduce readers to key writers and artists of the grotesque, from Homer to Rabelais, Shakespeare, Carson McCullers and Da
• Titolo autorizzato: Grotesque
• ISBN: 1-134-10605-X; 1-134-10598-3; 0-203-38343-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910821923303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: New critical idiom.