The philosophy of horror

Title
  1. The philosophy of horror [electronic resource] / edited by Thomas Fahy.
Published by
  1. Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, 2010.

Details

Additional authors
  1. Fahy, Thomas Richard.
Description
  1. 1 online resource (vi, 259 p.) : ill.
Series statement
  1. The philosophy of popular culture
Uniform title
  1. Philosophy of horror (Online)
Subject
  1. Horror films > History and criticism
  2. Horror television programs > History and criticism
  3. Horror in literature
  4. Horror tales, American > History and criticism
  5. Popular culture
Contents
  1. 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.
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access (note)
  1. Access restricted to authorized users.
Title
  1. The philosophy of horror [electronic resource] / edited by Thomas Fahy.
Imprint
  1. Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, 2010.
Series
  1. The philosophy of popular culture
Bibliography
  1. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access
  1. Access restricted to authorized users.
Connect to:
  1. Available from home with a valid library card
  2. Available onsite at NYPL
Added author
  1. Fahy, Thomas Richard.
LCCN
  1. 2009053152
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