The Horror Reader Contributor(s): Gelder, Ken (Editor) |
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ISBN: 041521355X ISBN-13: 9780415213554 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $171.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2000 Annotation: Blood-sucking vampires, serial killers, ghosts and ghouls, monsters and freaks--horror provides us with a way of imagining and classifying our world. Through 29 essays, "The Horror Reader" explores the questions of what is evil and what is good; what is monstrous and what is "normal"; what can be seen and what should remain hidden. Covering classic gothic literature and spanning the history of horror in literature and film, it brings together essential writings on this most spectacular and controversial of genres. The range of topics is vast-from Edgar Allan Poe to "Frankenstein" to" The Texas Chainsaw Massacre." Contributors include Stephen D. Arata; Philip Brophy; Sue-Ellen Case; Terry Castle; Carol J. Clover; Joan Copjec; Barbara Creed; Teresa A. Goddu; Marie-Helene Huet; Graham Huggan; Leon Hunt; Tania Modleski; Jose Monleon; Franco Moretti; Paul O'Flinn; Fatimah Tobing Rony; Mary Russo; David Sanjek; Mark Seltzer; Elaine Showalter; Vivien Sobchack; Tzvetan Todorov; Gregory A. Waller; Patricia White; Jennifer Wicke; Elizabeth Young; Audrey Yue; and Slavoj Zizek. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism - Performing Arts | Film - History & Criticism |
Dewey: 809.387 |
LCCN: 99087412 |
Physical Information: 1.12" H x 7.07" W x 10.02" (1.70 lbs) 418 pages |
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Publisher Description: Horror has been one of the most spectacular and controversial genres in both cinema and fiction - its wild excesses relished by some, vilified by many others. Often defiantly marginal, it nevertheless inhabits the very fabric of everyday life, providing us with ways of imagining and classifying our world; what is evil and what is good; what is monstrous and what is 'normal'; what can be seen and what should remain hidden. |