Folkloric Horror in Medieval Literature

New Discussions and Approaches

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Folkloric Horror in Medieval Literature

New Discussions and Approaches

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Folkloric Horror in Medieval Literature: New Discussions and Approaches focuses on the medieval and early modern precursors of what is now frequently described as Folk Horror. Part of the argument staged in this book stems from an observation that much of what is currently excluded from the conversation about folk horror, if not all horror generally, could be considered folkloric or folkloresque in many cases and would be worthy of inclusion in the discussion. The argument here is that the recurrent use of medieval literature and tropes as elements of the modern Folk Horror revival in the late twentieth and twenty-first centuries stems in part from a modern repulsion and fascination with the premodern. It is also an outgrowth of traditional narrative fascinations with the abject and the rejected sense of past and place which is present in recognizable forms in premodern literatures globally.

Table of Contents

Introduction: The Concept of Medieval Folk Horror
Chapter One: The Modern and the Premodern
Chapter Two: Topophobia, Hauntology, and the Monstrous Role of Place
Chapter Three: Faith, Fear, and the Fear of God
Chapter Four: Fear of Ourselves: The Folkloric Dead
Chapter Five: Northern Nights, Ancient Fears
Chapter Six: Horror, Folklore, and the Celtic Fringe
Chapter Seven: Horror Beyond Europe: Fears of the New World
Chapter Eight: The Morality of Fear
Conclusion: The State of the Folkish Field
Bibliography
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Published 15 Dec 2024
Format Hardback
Edition 1st
Extent 174
ISBN 9781666971330
Imprint Lexington Books
Dimensions 229 x 152 mm
Series Studies in Medieval Literature
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

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