Terrors of Uncertainty : The Cultural Contexts of Horror Fiction

ISBN-13: 9781138794511 / Angielski / Twarda / 2014 / 234 str.

Joseph Grixti

Opis

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, this book looks at shifts in the genre's meaning - its fascination with excess, its commentaries on the categories and boundaries of culture - and at interpretations of horror from psychology, psychoanalysis, sociology, cultural and media studies.

Spis treści

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