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...Turn offers an original approach to one area that has received comparatively little attention. Horner and Zlosnik lay the groundwork for an ambitious project spanning nearly two centuries by establishing their notion of "comic turn" that is flexible enough to avoid unreasonable narrowness, yet precise enough to distinguish between the comic and comedy, as well as satire, parody, and travesty. Similarly, their idea of the Gothic is capacious, as the authors acknowledge, including works that, either from their unfamiliarity or their "hybridity," some readers might exclude.

Hybridity emerges as a key attribute of the "comicturn," signaling "juxtaposition of incongruous textual effects" (3) in a literary work. Walpole's Castle of Otranto illustrates this mixture: along with the genuine horror from the bloody violence and sexual violation at the heart of the narrative, it sustains a consistent comic undercurrent. From the opening scene in which a gigantic helmet falls from the sky to crush the body of Manfred's...

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