The Supernatural Media Virus
Virus Anxiety in Gothic Fiction Since 1990
Since 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.
Overview Chapters
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Frontmatter
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Contents
Seiten 5 - 6 -
List of Figures
Seiten 7 - 8 -
Acknowledgments
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Introduction: The Age of Virus Anxiety
Seiten 11 - 38 -
1. The Virus, the Network, and the Supernatural Media Virus
Seiten 39 - 82 -
2. Ghostwatch and the Advent of the Network Society
Seiten 83 - 114 -
3. House of Leaves, the Network Paradigm, and the Abstract Supernatural Media Virus
Seiten 115 - 154 -
4. The Moral Dimension of the Supernatural Media Virus in the Ring Franchise
Seiten 155 - 204 -
5. The Digital Supernatural Media Virus and the Network Apocalypse in Kairo and Pulse
Seiten 205 - 248 -
Conclusions: Future Mutations of the Supernatural Media Virus
Seiten 249 - 268 -
Bibliography
Seiten 269 - 290
11 August 2021, 290 pages
ISBN: 978-3-8394-5559-3
File size: 4.18 MB
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