Variations of Death in Richard K. Morgan’s 𝐴𝑙𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝐶𝑎𝑟𝑏𝑜𝑛. From Cybergothic to Candygothic
Variations of Death in Richard K. Morgan’s 𝐴𝑙𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝐶𝑎𝑟𝑏𝑜𝑛. From Cybergothic to Candygothic
Author(s): Constantina Raveca BuleuSubject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Literary Texts, Fiction, Studies of Literature, Novel, British Literature
Published by: Великотърновски университет „Св. св. Кирил и Методий”
Keywords: Gothic; cybergothic; postmodern culture; postmodern eschatology; 𝐴𝑙𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝐶𝑎𝑟𝑏𝑜𝑛; Richard K. Morgan
Summary/Abstract: The article presents an analysis of Richard K. Morgan‘s novel 𝐴𝑙𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝐶𝑎𝑟𝑏𝑜𝑛 with a focus on postmodern, neo-Gothic perspectives on death. More generally, it explores Gothic thanatology in the postmodern world. Attention is also drawn to the representations of death and technological survival in Morgan‘s novel 𝐴𝑙𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝐶𝑎𝑟𝑏𝑜𝑛.
Journal: VTU Review: Studies in the Humanities and Social Sciences
- Issue Year: 5/2021
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 211-217
- Page Count: 7
- Language: English
