Jonathan Greenaway

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Occupation
  • Writer
NationalityBritish
EducationManchester Metropolitan University
GenreHorror, Capitalism, Cultural theory
Years active2019-present

Jonathan Greenaway, published professional as Jon Greenaway and thelitcritguy is an English non-fiction author who specializes in horror, contemporary capitalism, and cultural theory. Greenaway is also the co-host of Horror Vanguard, a podcast dedicated to the political study of horror media.

Education

Greenaway has a BA in English Studies and a Masters degree in Gothic Literature. He holds a PhD from the Manchester Metropolitan University's Manchester Center for Gothic Studies.

Career

In 2019, Greenaway served as co-editor of Horror and Religion: New Literary Approaches to Theology, Race and Sexuality from the University of Wales Press.This was shortlisted for the Horror Writers Association for their Outstanding Achievement in Non-Fiction award.

His first solo-written book was Theology, Horror and Fiction, A Reading of the Gothic Nineteenth Century with the Bloomsbury Academic Press in 2021. Positively reviewed by academic sources this work was long-listed by the International Gothic Association for their Allan Lloyd Smith Memorial Prize for best monograph.

In 2024, he went on to publish two new books: A Primer on Utopian Philosophy: How Ernst Bloch's work can provide new hope for utopian thinking today (Zer0 Books, an imprint of Collective Ink) and Capitalism A Horror Story : Gothic Marxism and the Dark Side of the Radical Imagination (Repeater Books)

As both "Jon Greenaway" and "thelitcritguy" he has published a number of essays on topics such as American politics, Donald Trump, utopian ideals, and horror. These essays have appeared in and been cited by outlets such as The Guardian and The New York Times.

Bibliography

  • Horror and Religion: New Literary Approaches to Theology, Race and Sexuality, -- co-edited by Eleanor Beal and Jon Greenaway (University of Wales Press|UWP, 2021)
  • A Primer on Utopian Philosophy: How Ernst Bloch's work can provide new hope for utopian thinking today (Zer0 Books, 2024)
  • Capitalism - A Horror Story: Gothic Marxism and the Dark Side of the Radical Imagination (Repeater Books, 2024)

See also

  • Marxist literary criticism
  • Marxist aesthetics

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