Bernard, Peter
Faculty of Letters English and American Literature Associate Professor
Research Overview
My current research project considers why and how rural space came to be depicted as a haunted site of horror through the combination of ethnographic and modern literary practices in the works of such authors as Izumi Ky¨ka, M. R. James, and H. P. Lovecraft. I am also interested in Hinatsu K¨nosuke and the history of the Gothic as a particular kind of translation strategy in modern Japan.
Specialty
Modern Japanese Literature, Comparative Literature, Supernatural Fiction, Gothic Studies