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1. 1. “One of the Most Intensely Exciting Secrets” : The Antarctic in American Literature, 1820-1849

   Författare :Johan Wijkmark; Åke Bergvall; Mark Troy; Orm Øverland; Karlstads universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Adam Seaborn; Symzonia; James Fenimore Cooper; Monikins; Sea Lions; Edgar Allan Poe; “MS. Found in a Bottle; ” Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym; Peter Prospero; “The Atlantis; ” Antarctic literature; 19th-century American literature; utopia; Symmes; hollow earth; evolution; great chain of being; race; Literature; Litteraturvetenskap; English; Engelska;

   Sammanfattning : This study examines a small body of 19th-century American literature about the Antarctic: Adam Seaborn's (pseud.) Symzonia (1820), Edgar Allan Poe's "MS. Found in a Bottle" (1833) and The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym (1838), Peter Prospero's (pseud. LÄS MER

3. 2. De mörka labyrinterna : Gotiken i litteratur, film, musik och rollspel

   Författare :Mattias Fyhr; Jönköping University; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Gotik; gotisk roman; gotisk litteratur; skräckromantik; skräck; Inger Edelfeldt; Mare Kandre; Per Hagman; Alexander Ahndoril; Nikanor Teratologen; Magnus Dahlström; Bruno K Öijer; Åsa Grennvall; Horace Walpole; Ann Radcliffe; Matthew Gregory Lewis; Mary Shelley; Charles Maturin; Edgar Allan Poe; Lovecraft; Bret Easton Ellis; Neil Gaiman; Lovecraft; The Cure; Cortex; The Damned; Emperor; Fields of the Nephilim; Freddie Wadling; Joy Division; Sisters of Mercy; Lucio Fulci goth; vampyrer; monster; Literature; Litteraturvetenskap;

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4. 3. Strindberg och skräcken : Skräckmotiv och identitetstematik i August Strindbergs författarskap

   Författare :Henrik Johnsson; Göran Rossholm; Ola Holmgren; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; August Strindberg; Doppelgänger; Edgar Allan Poe; E.T.A. Hoffmann; fantasy; ghost; homunculus; horror; identity; vampire; Literature; Litteraturvetenskap; litteraturvetenskap; History of Literature;

   Sammanfattning : The subject of this dissertation is the theme of identity in the works of August Strindberg and how this theme is explored through the use of motifs drawn from the literature of horror and fantasy as well as Swedish folklore. The theme deals with how the individual’s identity is shaped and what it consists of, and how it can be manipulated, stolen or lost through interaction with other people. LÄS MER

5. 4. De mörka labyrinterna : gotiken i litteratur, film, musik och rollspel

   Författare :Mattias Fyhr; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Gotisk litteratur; Skräckfilm; Skräck i konsten; Rollspel;

   Sammanfattning : Behandlar Inger Edelfeldt, Mare Kandre, Per Hagman, Alexander Ahndoril, Nikanor Teratologen, Magnus Dahlström, Bruno K Öijer, Åsa Grennvall, Horace Walpole, Ann Radcliffe, Matthew Gregory Lewis, Mary Shelley, Charles Maturin, Edgar Allan Poe med flera.... LÄS MER

7. 5. Soundscapes in nineteenth-century Gothic short stories

   Författare :Elena Glotova; Virginia Langum; Marlene Johansson Falck; Sylvia Mieszkowski; Umeå universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; soundscape; the Gothic; short story; auscultator; acousmatic sound; liminality; the uncanny; Literature; litteraturvetenskap;

   Sammanfattning : In the eerie world of Gothic literature, sound represents a source of fear, anxiety, and discomfort, and it mostly affects its listeners through the invisible character of the experience. Sound is integral to nineteenth-century Gothic short stories with their panoply of liminal and polyphonic oppositions, as well as a claustrophobic feel of spaces, fearful listeners, and the return of the repressed. LÄS MER