The Evolution of Gothic Spaces: Ruins, Forests, Urban Jungles

Senf, Carol A.

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-63366-4_15

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“…If the classical gothic character lives in an isolated location (especially the gloomy castle), in the neo-gothic story he may inhabit the modern city and pass unnoticed in the crowded street. As Carol Senf puts it, "the Gothic villain might be our neighbour or even our friend," 16 because "the Gothic, which was originally situated in regions that were exotic, remote, and Other, is now located in spaces that are both mundane and familiar or […] 'homely'." 17 Frankenstein and the Neo-gothic H uman and non-human can interact and vibrate within the same entity.…”

Section: Philosophy Body and Limitsmentioning

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Technological Modification of the Human Body in Neo-Gothic Literature: Prostheses, Hybridization and Cyborgization in Posthumanism

Szabo¹,

Crişan²

2018

CEchinox

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Starting from the premise that the technological modification of human body is a favourite theme in neo-gothic literature, this paper proposes an analysis of the relationship between human and non-human elements in speculative fiction. Interventions on the human body through treatments or prostheses are approached in several fictional works belonging to the canon of the Gothic, to Romanian fantastic literature, and to contemporary SF literature.

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Section: Philosophy Body and Limitsmentioning

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Technological Modification of the Human Body in Neo-Gothic Literature: Prostheses, Hybridization and Cyborgization in Posthumanism

Szabo¹,

Crişan²

2018

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Bartlebys: Gothicizing office fiction

Kobayashi

2018

Palgrave Commun

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Gothic fiction is in essence about the power of place, particularly of house. If this obsessive focus on the house is found in other genres of fiction, Gothic fiction can certainly expand its realm of representation; namely, the extensive capacity of this genre can be illustrated by unveiling the Gothic nature of the seemingly non-Gothic. Herein lies why special attention is given to the office as an idiosyncratic kind of house in office fiction: fiction featuring such characters as clerks, civil servants, and company employees. In Gothicizing office fiction, Herman Melville's "Bartleby, the Scrivener: A Story of Wall-Street" draws parallels with Franz Kafka's "The Metamorphosis." These classics of nongenre fiction have hardly been considered the classics of office fiction. The primary emphasis of this study is on the international kinship between Melville's Bartleby and Kafka's Samsa: Bartleby's occupation of the law office turns the place into a house, and Samsa's transformation into the monstrous vermin turns his apartment into an office. These dual settings render each protagonist uncanny and ghostly. The discovery of parallels between the protagonists who embody work-life integration stems from incorporating not only elements typical of the Gothic, such as supernatural happenings and closed-room settings, but also other elements, especially work-life balance. This focus on work-life issues allows an exploration of another classic office-fiction story about an Asian Bartleby. Thus, cultivating an environment in which Bartleby's transnational cousins are rediscovered as Bartlebys lends itself to extending the scope of the Gothic. After all, Gothic fiction is an expanding universe in which the walls come tumbling down between office and house, between work and life, and even between the Gothic and the non-Gothic. The findings of this study highlight how every sphere of life, including work life, is potentially Gothicized.

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The Evolution of Gothic Spaces: Ruins, Forests, Urban Jungles

Cited by 2 publications

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Technological Modification of the Human Body in Neo-Gothic Literature: Prostheses, Hybridization and Cyborgization in Posthumanism

Technological Modification of the Human Body in Neo-Gothic Literature: Prostheses, Hybridization and Cyborgization in Posthumanism

Bartlebys: Gothicizing office fiction

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