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Is horror an antiestablishment force an argument for social revolution? Is it a liberating expose of human nature and a peek at the dark side of the unconscious? Or is it pure evil, designed to corrupt and deprave? Starting from such questions about the nature of horror, this book is an accessibly written history of the genre.

Table of Contents
Hating other - religion, nationhood and identity; mad science - Frankenstein and his monsters; children of the night - vampires and the undead; monsters from the id - horror, madness and the mind; forbidden knowledge - textuality, metafiction and books; them! - narratives of pestilence and invasion; hail Satan! - diabolism, the occult and demonic possession; transformations - body horror.

Horror

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    A Paperback by Darryl Jones

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      Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)
      Published 10/31/2002 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN-13 9780340762530
      978-0340762530
      ISBN-10 0340762535
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      ELT & Literary Studies Literary studies: fiction Literature: history and criticism Entertainment Films, cinema

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Is horror an antiestablishment force an argument for social revolution? Is it a liberating expose of human nature and a peek at the dark side of the unconscious? Or is it pure evil, designed to corrupt and deprave? Starting from such questions about the nature of horror, this book is an accessibly written history of the genre.

      Table of Contents
      Hating other - religion, nationhood and identity; mad science - Frankenstein and his monsters; children of the night - vampires and the undead; monsters from the id - horror, madness and the mind; forbidden knowledge - textuality, metafiction and books; them! - narratives of pestilence and invasion; hail Satan! - diabolism, the occult and demonic possession; transformations - body horror.

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