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Terrors of Uncertainty (Routledge Revivals) The Cultural Contexts of Horror Fiction
By Joseph Grixti
Copyright 1989
234 Pages
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Routledge
234 Pages
by
Routledge
234 Pages
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Routledge
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From Frankenstein and Dracula to Psycho and The Chainsaw Massacre , horror fiction has provided our culture with some of its most enduring themes and narratives. Considering horror fiction both as a genre and as a social phenomenon, Joseph Grixti provides a theoretical and historical framework for reconsidering horror and the cultural apparatus that surrounds it. First published in 1989,... Read more
Preface; Introduction: Matter, method, and meaning; Part I: Horror and Helplessness in Contemporary Bestsellers 1. Horror Fiction and Social Unease – An Overview 2. Herocis and Helplessness – The Case of James Herbert 3. Language. Modes of Seeing, and Magic – The Covenant of Stephen King; Part II: Academic Perspectives 4. Catharsis and the Myth of the Beast 5. Clockwork Copy-Cats and the Study of Horrific Influences 6. Consciousness, Fiction, and the Terrors of Uncertainty; Endword: Consuming Impotence; Notes; References; Index
Biography
Joseph Grixti
