Name: Grotesque
Author: Justin D. Edwards (Author), Rune Graulund (Author)
ISBN: 9780415519106

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Grotesque

Author(s): Justin D. Edwards (Author), Rune Graulund (Author)

Publisher: Routledge
Publication Date: May 24 2013
Edition: 1st
Language: English
Print length: 176 pages
ISBN-10: 9780415519106
ISBN-13: 9780415519106

Book Description

Grotesqueprovides 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 David Cronenberganalyses key terms such as disharmony, deformed and distorted bodies, misfits and freaksexplores the grotesque in relation to queer theory, post-colonialism and the carnivalesque.Grotesquepresents readers with an original and distinctive overview of this vital genre and is an essential guide for students of literature, art history and film studies.

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About the Author

Justin D. Edwardsis Research Professor of English at University of Surrey. He has taught at the universities of Copenhagen, Quebec and Montreal, and he has held research fellowships at Churchill College, Cambridge (2005-6) and Cambridge University's Centre for Research in Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities (CRASSH) in 2010.Rune Graulundis a Lecturer in English at University of Strathclyde, Glasgow. He has taught literature and cultural studies at the University of Copenhagen and the University of London.

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