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Alan Moore's extensive interventions in the Gothic continue to enrich the genre and demonstrate his immersion within a tradition stretching back to the social and cultural upheavals of eighteenth-century Britain. Including detailed analyses of texts from across Moore's oeuvre, this volume presents the first collection of scholarly essays to encompass his work in comics, performance, poetry and prose. These essays identify the Gothic tradition as perhaps the most significant cultural context for understanding texts dealing explicitly with terror and horror (V for Vendetta, Swamp Thing, From Hell and Neonomicon) and works expressing Moore's interests in magic and psychogeography (From Hell and A Disease of Language). Moreover, core elements from Gothic aesthetics are evident in the structure and atmosphere of works ranging from Watchmen to A Small Killing, while the abject and the uncanny are fundamental in appreciating Moore's critique of the superhero and the interrogation of identity in Miracleman and his Superman stories. The socio-political dimensions of Moore's work are brought into fresh focus through an appreciation of the Gothic's capacity to encompass both the sublime and t

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Author

Matthew J. A. Green

Publisher

Manchester University Press

Published

2013

Language

EN

ISBN

9781526101839

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Romance, Comics, Literary Fiction

Rating

3 / 5 (2 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14