The philosophy of horror / edited by Thomas Fahy.
2010
PN1995.9.H6 P45 2010eb
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Title
The philosophy of horror / edited by Thomas Fahy.
ISBN
9780813173702 (electronic bk.)
0813173701 (electronic bk.)
9780813139548 (electronic bk.)
0813139546 (electronic bk.)
1282937561
9781282937567
9780813125732
0813125731
0813173701 (electronic bk.)
9780813139548 (electronic bk.)
0813139546 (electronic bk.)
1282937561
9781282937567
9780813125732
0813125731
Imprint
Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, ©2010.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (vi, 259 pages) : illustrations
Call Number
PN1995.9.H6 P45 2010eb
System Control No.
(OCoLC)697181997
Summary
Sitting on pins and needles, anxiously waiting to see what will happen next, horror audiences crave the fear and exhilaration generated by a terrifying story; their anticipation is palpable. But they also breathe a sigh of relief when the action is over, when they are able to close their books or leave the movie theater. Whether serious, kitschy, frightening, or ridiculous, horror not only arouses the senses but also raises profound questions about fear, safety, justice, and suffering. From literature and urban legends to film and television, horror's ability to thrill has made it an integral p.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note
Introduction / Thomas Fahy
Horror and the idea of everyday life: on skeptical threats in Psycho and The birds / Philip J. Nickel
Through a mirror, darkly: art-horror as a medium for moral reflection / Philip Tallon
The justification of torture-horror: retribution and sadism in Saw, Hostel, and The devil's rejects / Jeremy Morris
Hobbes, human nature, and the culture of American violence in Truman Capote's In cold blood / Thomas Fahy
Making their presence known: TV's ghost-hunter phenomenon in a "post-" world / Jessica O'Hara
The vampire with a soul: Angel and the quest for identity / Amy Kind
Ideological formations of the nuclear family in The hills have eyes / Lorena Russell
Zombies of the world, unite: class struggle and alienation in Land of the dead / John Lutz
The fall of the house of Ulmer: Europe vs. America in the gothic vision of The black cat / Paul A. Cantor
From domestic nightmares to the nightmare of history: uncanny eruptions of violence in King's and Kubrick's versions of The Shining / John Lutz
"Hot with rapture and cold with fear": grotesque, sublime, and postmodern transformations in Patrick Süskind's Perfume / Susann Cokal
Shock value: a deleuzean Encounter with James Purdy's Narrow rooms / Robert F. Gross
Making monsters: the philosophy of reproduction in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and the Universal Films Frankenstein and The bride of Frankenstein / Ann C. Hall
Kitsch and camp and things that go bump in the night; or, Sontag and Adorno at the (horror) movies / David MacGregor Johnston.
Horror and the idea of everyday life: on skeptical threats in Psycho and The birds / Philip J. Nickel
Through a mirror, darkly: art-horror as a medium for moral reflection / Philip Tallon
The justification of torture-horror: retribution and sadism in Saw, Hostel, and The devil's rejects / Jeremy Morris
Hobbes, human nature, and the culture of American violence in Truman Capote's In cold blood / Thomas Fahy
Making their presence known: TV's ghost-hunter phenomenon in a "post-" world / Jessica O'Hara
The vampire with a soul: Angel and the quest for identity / Amy Kind
Ideological formations of the nuclear family in The hills have eyes / Lorena Russell
Zombies of the world, unite: class struggle and alienation in Land of the dead / John Lutz
The fall of the house of Ulmer: Europe vs. America in the gothic vision of The black cat / Paul A. Cantor
From domestic nightmares to the nightmare of history: uncanny eruptions of violence in King's and Kubrick's versions of The Shining / John Lutz
"Hot with rapture and cold with fear": grotesque, sublime, and postmodern transformations in Patrick Süskind's Perfume / Susann Cokal
Shock value: a deleuzean Encounter with James Purdy's Narrow rooms / Robert F. Gross
Making monsters: the philosophy of reproduction in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and the Universal Films Frankenstein and The bride of Frankenstein / Ann C. Hall
Kitsch and camp and things that go bump in the night; or, Sontag and Adorno at the (horror) movies / David MacGregor Johnston.
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Philosophy of popular culture.
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Print version: Philosophy of horror. Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, ©2010
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