Post-Millennial Gothic
        
                    
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            Catherine Spooner
        
                    
        
                
                            
        
        
        
                    
                ISBN: 9781441160140
            
        
                    
                Publication Date: 2017-02-23
            
        
                
                            
                Surveying the widespread appropriations of the Gothic in contemporary literature and culture, Post-Millennial Gothic shows contemporary Gothic is often romantic, funny and celebratory. Reading a wide range of popular texts, from Stephenie Meyer's Twilight series through Tim Burton's Gothic film adaptations of Sweeney Todd, Alice in Wonderland and Dark Shadows, to the appearance of Gothic in fashion, advertising and television, Catherine Spooner argues that conventional academic and media accounts of Gothic culture have overlooked this celebratory strain of 'Happy Gothic'.