Haunted
On Ghosts, Witches, Vampires, Zombies, and Other Monsters of the Natural and Supernatural Worlds
1st Edition
Published on 25. October 2016
320 pages
978-0-300-22472-6 (ISBN)
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Description
An award-winning scholar and author charts four hundred years of monsters and how they reflect the culture that created them
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Leo Braudy
Haunted
On Ghosts, Witches, Vampires, Zombies, and Other Monsters of the Natural and Supernatural Worlds
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01/2017
Yale University Press
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Leo Braudy is University Professor and Bing Chair in English and American Literature at the University of Southern California. His many books include The Frenzy of Renown and From Chivalry to Terrorism.
Content
- Cover
- Half-title
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Shaping Fear
- 2 Between Hope and Fear: Horror and Religion
- 3 Terror, Horror, and the Cult of Nature
- 4 Frankenstein, Robots, and Androids: Horror and the Manufactured Monster
- 5 The Detective's Reason
- 6 Jekyll and Hyde: The Monster from Within
- 7 Dracula and the Haunted Present
- 8 Horror in the Age of Visual Reproduction
- Notes
- Index
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- R
- S
- T
- U
- V
- W
- X
- Y
- Z
- Illustrations
