Gothic Mētis

Exhuming and reanimating an obscure ancient cunning associated with the monstrous, the hybrid, the feminine and the nonhuman, this study proposes a novel transdisciplinary framework for analysing Gothic media and discourse through the lens of mtis. Mtis. Using mtis as both theme and method, Gothic Mtis weaves together myth, literature, rhetorical theory and critical posthumanism, to analyse Gothic character and narration from the nineteenth century to the present while developing a post-anthropocentric praxis for representing, navigating and ultimately subverting the Anthropocene. Reading Gothic alongside and through mtis-and mtis alongside and through Gothic-this book highlights the Gothic mode as a timely, artful response to the rise of the Anthropocene, rendering a post-anthropocentric world beyond Man.

"Gothic Mētis uses an interdisciplinary approach to the Gothic to cover an astounding range of theoretical, cultural and textual ground. Drawing on the mythological concept of Metis and its theoretical and cultural ramifications, the text brings together such seemingly incongruous subjects as Victorian literature, microbes, rhizomes and tentacles to weave a fascinating critical web that is at once timely and innovative. This is highly recommended reading for anyone interested in Gothic theory and criticism - especially in new materialist or posthumanist approaches to the Gothic."-- "Anya Heise-von der Lippe, University of Tübingen"

Natasha Rebry Coulthard is an instructor in English and academic writing as part of the Faculty of Arts and Science at the University of Lethbridge in Alberta, Canada.

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