Diseased Estate: historiographic grotesque

This thesis proposes the historiographic grotesque as an interdisciplinary aesthetic and thematic mode which occurs in representations of the past. Characterised by the contradictory interplay of horror and pleasure, the grotesque provides the grounds for an affective engagement with history. The hi...

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Main Author: Costantino, Thea
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: Curtin University 2010
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/856