Magic is the New Black: Gothic Tradition, Cross-Dressing, and Pulp Fiction
Magic is the New Black: Gothic Tradition, Cross-Dressing, and Pulp Fiction

Author(s): Fabrizio Foni
Subject(s): Studies of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: Gothic tradition; myths and legends of the Middle Ages; gender-related issues; allegory; metaliterature; historical fiction; Pulp Fiction;relativism;
Summary/Abstract: Marjorie Bowen’s Black Magic is far from being a literary masterpiece. And yet, this novel, which was quite popular at the time, deserves to be investigated in the light of a rich supernatural-related tradition, ranging from folklore to the most famous Gothic novels. Its ending enables us to analyse the supernatural as a metaliterary projection of the author herself.

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