Gothic Music

The Sounds of the Uncanny

Author(s) Isabella Van Elferen

Language: English

Genre(s): Film, Media and Culture, Literary Studies, Gothic and Horror

Series: Gothic Literary Studies

  • July 2012 · 240 pages ·216x138mm

  • · Paperback - 9780708325131
  • · eBook - pdf - 9780708325186
  • · eBook - epub - 9781783165315

Gothic Music - The Sounds of the Uncanny traces sonic Gothic through history and genres from the eighteenth-century ghost story through the spooky soundtracks of cinema, television and video games to the dark music of the Goth subculture.

Introduction: 'Baleful Sounds and Wild Voices Ignored' 1. The Sound of Gothic Literature 2. Gothic Film Music: The Audiovisual Uncanny 3. Gothic Television Music: The Unhomely Home 4. Gothic Game Music: Hyperreality Haunted 5. Goth Music: Uncanny Embodied 6. The Unthinkable Sounds of the Uncanny

Author(s): Isabella Van Elferen

Dr Isabella van Elferen is Professor of Music at Kingston University London.

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