
Dark Carnivals
Modern Horror and the Origins of American Empire
W. Scott Poole(Author)
Counterpoint (Publisher)
Published on 4. October 2022
Book
Hardback
384 pages
978-1-64009-436-9 (ISBN)
Description
"With Dark Carnivals, author W. Scott Poole, an expert in horror and its impact on American history, reveals how the horror genre as a way of seeing the world has become one of the most incisive critiques of America and its history and influence around the globe"--
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Language
English
Place of publication
Berkeley
United States
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 239 mm
Width: 160 mm
Thickness: 33 mm
Weight
680 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-64009-436-9 (9781640094369)
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10/2022
Counterpoint
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Person
W. SCOTT POOLE is a professor of history at the College of Charleston who teaches and writes about horror and popular culture. He is the author most recently of Wasteland: The Great War and the Origins of Modern Horror, and his previous books include the award-winning Monsters in America and the biography Vampira: Dark Goddess of Horror. He is a Bram Stoker Award nominee for his critically acclaimed biography of H. P. Lovecraft, In the Mountains of Madness. He lives in Charleston, South Carolina.