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Geography of Horror

Spaces, Hauntings and the American Imagination

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Authors:
  1. Marko Lukić

    1. University of Zadar, Zadar, Croatia

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  • Builds on different theoretical paradigms and traces a variety of haunted spaces in horror film and literature
  • Explores the unique role of human geography in the process of mapping a genre
  • Comprehensive reading of a space/place-based experience as it relates to the birth of the American horror genre

Part of the book series: Palgrave Gothic (PAGO)

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Introduction

    • Marko Lukić
    Pages 1-18

  3. Mapping Horror

    • Marko Lukić
    Pages 19-48

  4. The Frontier

    • Marko Lukić
    Pages 49-87

  5. Domestic Horrors

    • Marko Lukić
    Pages 89-123

  6. Small Town Heterotopias

    • Marko Lukić
    Pages 125-158

  7. Urban Nightmares

    • Marko Lukić
    Pages 159-186

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 187-194
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About this book

This book provides a comprehensive reading of a space/place-based experience from the birth of the American horror genre (nineteenth century American Romanticism) to its rise and evolution in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Exploring a series of narratives, this study focuses on the role of space and place as key elements for successful articulation of horror. The analysis, therefore, employs different theoretical premises and concepts belonging to human geography, which, while being part of the larger discipline of geography, predominantly directs its attention towards the presence and activities of humans. By connecting such theoretical readings with the continuously evolving American horror genre, this book offers a unique insight into the academically unexplored trans-disciplinary spatially based reading of the genre.

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Zadar, Zadar, Croatia

    Marko Lukić

About the author

Marko Lukić is Associate Professor atthe English Department at the University of Zadar, Croatia, where he teaches courses onAmerican literature, gothic and horror genre, popular culture, and cultural theory. His research interests include American popular culture, human geography and spatiality in literature and film, and the contemporary horror genre. He is the Editor in Chief of [sic] – A Journal of Literature, Culture and Literary Translation, Conference Director of the international conference Re-Thinking Humanities and Social Sciences, and the co-founder of the Centre for Research in Social Sciences and Humanities.

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