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008 170524s2017 nyua b 001 0 eng
010 _a 2017005226
020 _a9780190666514 (pbk. : alk. paper)
020 _a9780190666507 (cloth : alk. paper)
020 _z9780190666545 (Oxford scholarship online)
042 _apcc
043 _an-us---
040 _aDLC
_beng
_erda
_cDLC
_dDLC
050 0 0 _aPS374.H67
_bC53 2017
082 0 0 _a813.009/164
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100 1 _aClasen, Mathias F.,
245 1 0 _aWhy horror seduces /
_cMathias Clasen.
264 1 _aNew York :
_bOxford University Press,
_c[2017]
300 _aix, 190 pages :
_billustrations ;
_c25 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aIndhold: Part 1: An Evolutionary Theory of Horror; 1. Sizing Up the Beast: What Horror Is, and How It Is Studied; 2. How Horror Works, I: The Evolution and Stimulation of Negative Emotion; 3. How Horror Works, II: Spooky Monsters, Scary Scenarios, and Terrified Characters; 4. Fear for Your Life: The Appeals, Functions, and Effects of Horror; Part 2: Evolutionary Perspectives on American Horror; 5. Monsters Everywhere: A Very Brief Overview of American HorrorIndhold: 6. Vampire Apocalypse: I Am Legend (1954)7. Trust No One: Rosemary's Baby (1967); 8. Fight the Dead, Fear the Living: Night of the Living Dead (1968); 9. Never Go Swimming Again: Jaws (1975); 10. Haunted Houses, Haunted Minds: The Shining (1977); 11. Hack n' Slash: Halloween (1978); 12. Lost and Hunted in Bad Woods: The Blair Witch Project (1999); Part 3: Future Evolutions in Horror Entertainment and Horror Research; 13. The Future of Horror.
650 0 _aHorror tales, American
_xHistory and criticism.
650 0 _aAmerican fiction
_y20th century
_xHistory and criticism.
650 0 _aAmerican literature
_xPsychological aspects.
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