Alan G Smith, Robert Edgar, John Marland

Thomas Hardy and the Folk Horror Tradition

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Produktbeschreibung

"Examines the recent resurgence of folk horror and argues that Thomas Hardy is one of its progenitors by analysing his prose (in particular his rarely examined short fiction) and its adaptations as foundational in the development of folk horror in literature, film and television"--

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Academic
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Dezember 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 454g
• ISBN-13: 9781501384035
• ISBN-10: 1501384031
• Artikelnr.: 69821419

Autorenporträt

Alan G Smith is a researcher who specialises in screenwriting, TV drama and Thomas Hardy. He has contributed towards Adaptation for Screenwriters (Bloomsbury, 2019), the anthology Horrifying Tales (2021) and the forthcoming Venue Stories (2023)

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements Introduction: 'Down their carved names the rain-drop
ploughs' 1. Foundations: Towards a Hardyan Folk Horror 2. Haunted Hardy 3.
Cultural Bereavement 4. Re-Enchantment 5. Hardy Constructed and
Re-Constructed 6. Hardy's Range of Narrative Perspectives 7. Wessex on Page
and Screen Conclusion: 'Teach me to live that I dread the grave as little
as my bed' Works Cited Index