ISBN:
9783031170164
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (331 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
Series Statement:
Palgrave Gothic Series
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
306.09730905
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Praise for Gothic War on Terror -- Contents -- About the Author -- List of Figures -- Part I: Introduction: The Sandstorm of War -- Chapter 1: Interpreting Gothic Presence Inside the Global War on Terror's Novels, Comics, Movies, and Video Games Via Trauma Theory -- References -- Part II: Novels -- Chapter 2: Jess Walter's The Zero (2006): Terrorism, Lovers, & -- WTC Apparitions -- Critical Reception -- Autoimmunity Disease -- Ghosts -- Torture -- Interrogation -- Ghost Bars and Familiar Strangers -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3: J. Robert Lennon's Castle (2009): Behaviorism, Protégés, & -- Ghost Detainees -- References -- Chapter 4: Joyce Carol Oates' Carthage (2014): Death, Maidens, & -- Revenant Witnesses -- Frankenstein's Creature -- References -- Part III: Comics -- Chapter 5: Rick Veitch and Gary Erskine's Army@LOVE (2007-2009): Recruitment, Orgies, & -- Hairy Monsters -- References -- Chapter 6: Kyle Baker's Special Forces (2009): Jihad, Infantrywomen, & -- Orphan Kidnappers -- References -- Chapter 7: Frank Marraffino and Henry Flint's Haunted Tank (2009-2010): Bastards, Civil War, & -- Spectral Generals -- References -- Chapter 8: Tom King and Mitch Gerads' The Sheriff of Babylon (2015-2016): Contracting, Insurgents, & -- Dead Policemen -- References -- Part IV: Films -- Chapter 9: Christopher Nolan's Batman Begins (2005): Vigilantism, Poison, & -- Mad Doctors -- The Rat, the Cat, and the Bat -- The Dark Knight Trilogy -- Orphans and Ghosts -- Doctors and Flashbacks -- References -- Chapter 10: Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight (2008): Interrogations, Lies, & -- Anarchic Jokers -- Torture and the Force Drift -- References -- Chapter 11: Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight Rises (2012): Prisons, Bombs, & -- Catalytic Catwomen -- References.
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