9781786837509
Distributed for University of Wales Press
Young Adult Gothic Fiction
Monstrous Selves/Monstrous Others
A collection of essays on young adult Gothic fiction and what it reveals about our changing society.
The contemporary resurgence of the Gothic in young adult fiction signals the anxieties and hopes of young people in the twenty-first century. The essays in this collection demonstrate how the shifting conception of adolescence as a liminal stage is mobilized through Gothic spaces and concepts. As the Gothic works to define what it means to be human—particularly in relation to gender, race, and identity—the volume also examines how contemporary shifts and flashpoints in identity politics are being negotiated under the metaphoric cloak of monstrosity.
The contemporary resurgence of the Gothic in young adult fiction signals the anxieties and hopes of young people in the twenty-first century. The essays in this collection demonstrate how the shifting conception of adolescence as a liminal stage is mobilized through Gothic spaces and concepts. As the Gothic works to define what it means to be human—particularly in relation to gender, race, and identity—the volume also examines how contemporary shifts and flashpoints in identity politics are being negotiated under the metaphoric cloak of monstrosity.
320 pages | 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 | © 2021
Literature and Literary Criticism: General Criticism and Critical Theory
Reviews
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
Note on Contributors
1. Introduction: Kristine Moruzi and Michelle J. Smith
Section 1: Genre Trouble: Gothic Hybrids
2. Zombies Vs Unicorns: An Exploration of the Pleasures of the Gothic for Young Adults - Patricia Kennon
3. Genre Mutation and the Dialectic of YA Gothic Dystopia in Holly Black’s The Coldest Girl in Coldtown - Bill Hughes
Section 2: Rewriting the Historical Gothic
4. ‘Vanguard taste and fashion spirit’: Feminist Responses to Twenty-First Century, Western Zeitgeist in Vampire Romeo and Juliet texts - Sarah Olive
5. The Pre-Monstrous Mad Scientist and the Post-Nerd Smart Girl in Kenneth Oppel’s Frankenstein Series - Sean P. Connors and Lissette Lopez Szwydky
6. Rock Star Rochester and Heartthrob Heathcliff: The Problematic Redemption of the Byronic Hero in Recent Young Adult Retellings of Brontë Novels - Sara K. Day
Section 3: Gothic Places
7. Monstrous Islands: Spatiality and the Abjection of Motherhood in Gothic Young Adult Fiction - Cecilia Rogers
8. Adolescence Adrift: The Lost Child in Contemporary Australian Gothic YA Fiction - Adam Kealley
Section 4: The Human and the Non-Human
9. Accepting Monsters: The Visual Gothic in I Kill Giants and A Monster Calls - Debra Dudek
10. Unhuman Entanglement: Onto-Ethics and the Fiction of Frances Hardinge - Chloé Germaine Buckley
11. Black and White and Read All Over: Miss Peregrine’s Peculiar Children, Gothic Imagery and Posthuman Publishing - Jen Harrison
Section 5: Gothic Femininities
12. Testimony from Beyond the Grave: Comparing Girls’ Narratives of Sexual Violence and Death in Gothic Fiction - Lenise Prater
13. Young Adult Gothic Fairy Tales and Terrifying Romance - Michelle J. Smith and Kristine Moruzi
Note on Contributors
1. Introduction: Kristine Moruzi and Michelle J. Smith
Section 1: Genre Trouble: Gothic Hybrids
2. Zombies Vs Unicorns: An Exploration of the Pleasures of the Gothic for Young Adults - Patricia Kennon
3. Genre Mutation and the Dialectic of YA Gothic Dystopia in Holly Black’s The Coldest Girl in Coldtown - Bill Hughes
Section 2: Rewriting the Historical Gothic
4. ‘Vanguard taste and fashion spirit’: Feminist Responses to Twenty-First Century, Western Zeitgeist in Vampire Romeo and Juliet texts - Sarah Olive
5. The Pre-Monstrous Mad Scientist and the Post-Nerd Smart Girl in Kenneth Oppel’s Frankenstein Series - Sean P. Connors and Lissette Lopez Szwydky
6. Rock Star Rochester and Heartthrob Heathcliff: The Problematic Redemption of the Byronic Hero in Recent Young Adult Retellings of Brontë Novels - Sara K. Day
Section 3: Gothic Places
7. Monstrous Islands: Spatiality and the Abjection of Motherhood in Gothic Young Adult Fiction - Cecilia Rogers
8. Adolescence Adrift: The Lost Child in Contemporary Australian Gothic YA Fiction - Adam Kealley
Section 4: The Human and the Non-Human
9. Accepting Monsters: The Visual Gothic in I Kill Giants and A Monster Calls - Debra Dudek
10. Unhuman Entanglement: Onto-Ethics and the Fiction of Frances Hardinge - Chloé Germaine Buckley
11. Black and White and Read All Over: Miss Peregrine’s Peculiar Children, Gothic Imagery and Posthuman Publishing - Jen Harrison
Section 5: Gothic Femininities
12. Testimony from Beyond the Grave: Comparing Girls’ Narratives of Sexual Violence and Death in Gothic Fiction - Lenise Prater
13. Young Adult Gothic Fairy Tales and Terrifying Romance - Michelle J. Smith and Kristine Moruzi