Folkloric Horror in Medieval Literature: New Discussions and Approaches
By (Author) Caitlyn Harris
By (author) Christopher M. Flavin
Contributions by Josephine Bottoms
Contributions by Kiera McMillin
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Lexington Books/Fortress Academic
15th December 2024
United States
Professional and Scholarly
Non Fiction
Literature: history and criticism
Folklore studies / Study of myth
Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers
Horror, ghost stories and supernatural fiction
809.91640902
Hardback
174
Width 152mm, Height 229mm, Spine 19mm
422g
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.
Christopher M. Flavin is department chair and professor in the Department of Languages and Literature at Northeastern State University.
Caitlyn Harris is teaching assistant in English at Northeastern State University.