{"product_id":"gothic-vision-three-centuries-of-horror-terror-and-fear-9780826456014","title":"Gothic Vision Three Centuries of Horror Terror and Fear","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The Gothic Vision\" examines a broad range of tales of horror, terror, the uncanny and the supernatural, spanning the late-eighteenth century to the present, and related theoretical approaches to the realm of dark writing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A thorough, well-written overview of Gothic literature from the publication of Horace Walpole's The Castle of Otranto (1764) to the present (Stephen King, Anne Rice, Patrick McGrath)....I would use it as a compulsory text for undergraduates.\"--Anne Williams, Professor of English, University of Georgia\u003cbr\u003e\"...a readable,  intriguing narrative... Cavallaro deploys a variety of critical theories, on the whole  judiciously selecting the approach that seems well suited to the work under  discussion.\"- Robert F. Geary, International  Association for the Fantastic in the Arts, Summer 2006, 17.2 -- International Association for the Fantastic Arts\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction The frame of reference: theoretical debates on horror, terror and fear Part I: Darkness Introduction - Dark places - Dark times - Dark psyches Part II: Haunting Introduction - The rhetoric of haunting - Spectral forms - Haunting settings Part III: Narrative and the self Introduction - Words and visions - Textual identities - Storytelling as therapy Part IV: Child and adult Introduction - Families - The abandoned child - Childhood and otherness Part V: Monstrosity Introduction - Vampires - Hybrid and grotesque bodies - The abject Epilogue","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53515508154711,"sku":"9780826456014","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/gothic-vision-three-centuries-of-horror-terror-and-fear-9780826456014","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}