Gothic Remixed

Megen de Bruin-Molé is a scholar and university lecturer working in the UK. She specialises in adaptation, (neo-)Victorian fiction, popular feminism, and contemporary remix culture.

• Chapter One: Frankenfictions- Gothic Remixed- Monstrous Adaptations- The Many Faces of Frankenfiction- Twenty-First-Century Remix Culture- Frankenfiction as Remix- Frankenfiction as Adaptation- Frankenfiction as Appropriation- Hauntings and Illegitimate OffspringChapter Two: Adapting the Monster- From ‘Miserable Wretch’ to ‘Modernity Personified’: Defining the Twenty-First-Century Monster- ‘Ourselves Expanded’: Anno Dracula and the Neoliberal Vampire- The Empire Strikes Back: Victorian Monsters and The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen- ‘We Are All Monsters’: Reclaiming Privilege in Penny Dreadful- ‘Monstrum Sum’: Intersectional Monstrosity in The Extraordinary Adventures of the Athena Club- The Promises of MonstersChapter Three: Mashing Up the Joke- Camp as Sincere Parody- The Irony of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies; Or, Taking Historical Fiction Seriously- Literature with a Twist: Parodying the Classics- Parodying Neo-Victorianism- Taking the Past Seriously; Or, The Limits of Postmodern Irony- Conclusion: Beyond Postmodern IronyChapter Four: Remixing Historical Fiction- The Gothic and Historical Fiction- The ‘Look’ of the Past: Visual Gothic Histories- Sublime Metamorphosis: Dan Hillier’s Victorian Illustrations- Foreign Animals: The Immigrant Portraiture of Travis Louie- Meet the Family: Colin Batty’s Victorian Cabinet Cards- Flux Machine: Kevin J. Weir’s Animated Horrors- Conclusion: Unnatural HistoryChapter Five: Appropriating the Author- Frankenfiction and Romantic Authorship- Frankenfiction and the (Un)Death of the Author- Frankenfiction and Transmedia World-Building- Women’s Work: Mary Shelley as Remixer/Remixed- Feminist Frankenfiction?- Conclusion: The Monster Always Escapes- Bibliography

Molé’s book is a treasure trove of fascinating perspectives and analysis and is accessible to all levels of the interested reader ... It provides a brilliant methodology for thinking through collage. I wholeheartedly recommend Molé’s book.