The Monster Within: Australian Gothic Emphasizes the Terror of the Familiar

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White-heritage Australians have been making films that can be identified as Australian Gothic./h2>
Gothic novels got started in the mid-1700's. Characters included 'the wandereer in perpetual exile...' and 'a journey to the sublime via human horror.'/h2>
Peter Weir, who made the film, is the originator of Australian Gothic films./h2>
In the movie the landscape is '...a monster that can devour two girls and a school teacher so that they are never seen again.'/h2> .
Australian Gotchic emphasizes 'the terror of the familiar and the ordinary.'/h2>

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The Monster Within: Australian Gothic Emphasizes the Terror of the Familiar

The article can be found here.

The main points of the article include:/h2>

White-heritage Australians have been making films that can be identified as Australian Gothic./h2>

Gothic novels got started in the mid-1700's. Characters included 'the wandereer in perpetual exile...' and 'a journey to the sublime via human horror.'/h2>

Peter Weir, who made the film, is the originator of Australian Gothic films./h2>

In the movie the landscape is '...a monster that can devour two girls and a school teacher so that they are never seen again.'/h2> .

Australian Gotchic emphasizes 'the terror of the familiar and the ordinary.'/h2> Back to start of Hanging Rock section My Index Page

Australian Gotchic emphasizes 'the terror of the familiar and the ordinary.'/h2>

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