176 Pages
by Routledge

176 Pages
by Routledge

176 Pages
by Routledge

Grotesque provides an invaluable and accessible guide to the use (and abuse) of this complex literary term. Justin D. Edwards and Rune Graulund explore the influence of the grotesque on cultural forms throughout history, with particular focus on its representation in literature, visual art and film. The book: presents a history of the literary grotesque from Classical writing to the... Read more

1. Grotesquerie  2. Groteskology; or, Grotesque in Theory  3. Monstrous and Grotesque  4. Grotesque Bodies  5. Disharmony and Transgression  6. Attraction/Repulsion  7. Laughter and Grotesque  8. Queerly Grotesque  9. Postcolonial Grotesque  Conclusion: Global Grotesque

Biography

Justin D. Edwards is Research Professor of English at University of Surrey. He has taught at the universities of Copenhagen, Quebec and Montreal, and he has held research fellowships at Churchill College, Cambridge (2005-6) and Cambridge University’s Centre for Research in Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities (CRASSH) in 2010.

Rune Graulund is a Lecturer in English at University of Strathclyde, Glasgow. He has taught literature and cultural studies at the University of Copenhagen and the University of London.