Gothic Metaphysics From Alchemy To The Anthropocene - Jodey Castricano

Gothic Metaphysics Is A Radical Departure From Freudian-centred Criticism Of Gothic Literature. It Aims To Explore Our Modern Dilemma In The Time Of The Anthropocene, By Bringing To Light The Role Of Gothic Since Its Inception In 1764 In Holding Space For A Worldview Familiar To Certain Mystical Traditions - Such As Alchemy, Which Held To The View Of A Living Cosmos Yet Later Deemed 'uncanny' And Anachronistic By Freud. In Developing This Idea, Gothic Metaphysics Explores The Influence Of The Middle Ages On The Emergence Of Gothic, Seeing It As An Encrypted Genre That Serves As The Site Of A 'live Burial' Of 'animism', Which Has Emerged In The Notion Of 'quantum Entanglement' Best Described By Carl G.