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This text looks at such varied subjects as Victorian architecture, urban crime, women's rights and the impact of new technology in an attempt to understand the peculiar relationship between horror in literature and the horror of daily life.

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Convincingly traces the gradual blurring of the line between gothic literary conventions and an increasingly horrific reality." —Choice

"Chronicles the way society imitates art." —TAB

"Readers...may be astonished at the scope and ambition...an impressive armament of biographical, political, historical, sociological, and textual analyses.... Tropp writes consistently lucid, engaging criticism...many excellent parts...recommend[ed]." —Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Review Annual<

"Writes clearly." —Neil Barron, Editor of Fantasy and Horror

Images of Fear How Horror Stories Helped Shape

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      Publisher: McFarland & Company
      Publication Date: 11/15/1999 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780786407545, 978-0786407545
      ISBN10: 0786407549

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This text looks at such varied subjects as Victorian architecture, urban crime, women's rights and the impact of new technology in an attempt to understand the peculiar relationship between horror in literature and the horror of daily life.

      Trade Review
      Convincingly traces the gradual blurring of the line between gothic literary conventions and an increasingly horrific reality." —Choice

      "Chronicles the way society imitates art." —TAB

      "Readers...may be astonished at the scope and ambition...an impressive armament of biographical, political, historical, sociological, and textual analyses.... Tropp writes consistently lucid, engaging criticism...many excellent parts...recommend[ed]." —Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Review Annual<

      "Writes clearly." —Neil Barron, Editor of Fantasy and Horror

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