Abstract
Andrew Smith and William Hughes (2014) begin the introduction of their companion to Gothic literature with a quote from A Christmas Carol (Dickens 1843). Dickens describes the ghost of Christmas past as a figure without a clearly defined ontological form, a vision of ‘dissolving parts [that] fluctuated in its distinctness’ (in Smith and Hughes 2014: 1). This is an effective introduction, according to Smith and Hughes, to the Gothic preoccupation with fragmented bodies and psyches. Dickens’s account thus provides a useful starting point for this chapter, which investigates Tim Burton’s reconfigurations of Gothic discourses on ‘dissolving’ embodiment.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Tim Burton’s Bodies |
Subtitle of host publication | Gothic, Animated, Corporeal and Creaturely |
Editors | Stella Hockenhull, Frances Pheasant-Kelly |
Publisher | Edinburgh University Press |
Chapter | 11 |
Pages | 148-160 |
Number of pages | 13 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781474456920, 9781474456937 |
ISBN (Print) | 9781474456913, 9781474456906 |
Publication status | Published - 2021 |