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Poe and the Modern Grotesque [PDF]
452ºF, 2009 The grotesque is an aesthetic category that combines humour and the horrific (in its very different meanings). From its first carnivalesque manifestation, in which laughter had a very clear festive hue, the grotesque has been evolving towards positions ...
Roas, David
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An Examination of Halloween Literature And its Effect on the Horror Genre [PDF]
This thesis will explore the effect of Halloween narratives in the wider horror genre. This will be accomplished by means of a close textual analysis with novels such as The Halloween Tree (1972) and films such as Trick ‘r Treat (2008) and Boys in the ...
Wylde, Benjamin
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Aesthetic values as relational values: Environmental aesthetics in go‐along interviews
People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract Aesthetic values are often categorised as a type of relational values, yet their shared characteristics with other relational values remain largely unexplored. To address this gap, we turn to Emily Brady's theory of environmental aesthetics; her interpretation of aesthetic value exhibits important parallels with the concept of relational ...
Rafael Zinnenlauf +3 more
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A corona-carnival? A carnivalesque interpretation of (im)mobilities under COVID-19 lockdowns. [PDF]
Politics (Oxf), 2023 Casas-Cortés M, Cobarrubias S.
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Dissecting nature and grotesque elements in Tunku Halim's Juriah's Song [PDF]
, 2016 Tunku Halim's novella Juriah's Song (2008) revolves around the protagonist, Akri, and his encounter with the ghost of his late girlfriend, Juriah. Categorised as a horror genre, the characters and settings of this novella serve as important ground where ...
Ahmad Jafni, Nur Fatin Syuhada +2 more
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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper examines the relationship between sustainability transitions and local development through the case of Colombia's medicinal cannabis industry. It highlights how neglecting place‐specific needs and development expectations can hinder equitable transitions and reinforce existing socio‐economic disparities.
Diana Morales, Mónica Ramos‐Mejía
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The contemporary grotesque in Matéi Vișniec’s theater
Travessias, 2019 The laughter, according to Bergson, speaks to the intelligence. For being a purely human phenomenon, for the laughter to happen, there must be a perception of the comic effect and its comprehension.
Camylla Galante
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Framing novelty in crowdfunding: Which words win support, where, and at what stakes
Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, EarlyView.Abstract Research Summary We examine how promotional language (“hype”) in reward‐based crowdfunding is associated with campaign success, and whether those associations vary across sector contexts and with campaign execution burden. Using dictionary‐based text measures from 635 U.S. Kickstarter campaigns across five sectors, we distinguish three novelty‐
Agnieszka Kwapisz
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, 2016 This essay examines the role of Thomas Hardy\u27s scenes of community theatre, drawing examples from Far from the Madding Crowd, The Return of the Native, and The Mayor of Casterbridge. Only in such scenes from The Mayor of Casterbridge does Hardy employ
Vahaly, Christine R.
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Do it yourself: existentialism as punk philosophy [PDF]
, 2010 Existentialism is a notoriously difficult philosophy to explain. The thesis here is that comparing it with Punk Rock is a useful way in. They share a number of features: nihilistic, extreme, passionate, liberating, inclusive, amateur and violent, and ...
Hanscomb, S.
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