On the grotesque : strategies of contradiction in arts and literature / Geoffrey Galt Harpham
Imprint
Aurora, Colo. : Davies Group Publishers, c2006
Edition
[2nd ed.]
Descript
xxviii, 273 p. : ill. ; 22 cm
CONTENT
Formation, deformation, and reformation: an introduction to the grotesque -- Grotesque and grottesche -- Grotesque and grotto-esque -- Walking on silence: the lamination of narratives in Wuthering Heights -- Permeability and the grotesque: the masque of the red death -- Metaphor, marginality, and parody in death in Venice -- To make you sea: Conrad's primal words -- Conclusion: doodles, dragons, dissonance, and discovery