The Visceropoetics of Horror: Abdominal Crisis, Surgical Trauma, and Gastrointestinal Torment in Thomas Ligotti.
In this essay, I aim to understand the relation between horror and the abdomen in the work of Thomas Ligotti by piecing together a gastrointestinal anti-system that blurs the lines, or mucosal layers, among mind, body, and spirit, wherein the corporeal and the textual are interwoven through a 'visce...
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Edinburgh University Press
Dec2024
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