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Horror tales have always been told, but not until the 18th century did a horror genre emerge. This study explores the themes, roots and mythological functions of horror tales, tracing the development of a Western symbol - the closed space of the world of reason - through medieval, Renaissance and Baroque texts, and showing how this symbol eventually gave birth to horror fiction in the Age of Reason. Beyond psychoanalytical or socioeconomic explanations, the author proposes an ontological rationale for the genre, defining it as a history of hauntings and relating it to the themes of quest, reality and man's changing relationship to the world and God.
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- PublisherManchester University Press
- Publication date1990
- ISBN 10 0719032075
- ISBN 13 9780719032073
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages240
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Book Description First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: vi,234p ; 22cm. Notes: Bibliography: p216-228. - Includes index. Contents: The Celtic world -- The Christian world -- The closure of the world -- The age of reason -- Gothic horror: the haunted house -- Victorian horror: the haunted man -- Cosmic terror: the haunted earth -- Modern terror: the incarnation of the numinous. Subjects: Horror tales History and criticism.Space and time in literatureSymbolism in literatureSymbolism in literature History and criticism.Horror fiction History and criticism. Space and time in literature. Symbolism in literature. Horror tales History and criticism.Récits d'horreur Histoire et critique. Symbolisme dans la littérature. Horror tales.Space and time in literature. Symbolism in literature. Horror talesHorror stories Critical studies. Horror storiesHorror stories to 1980 Critical studies 1 Kg. Seller Inventory # 388821
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Book Description First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: vi,234p ; 22cm. Notes: Bibliography: p216-228. - Includes index. Contents: The Celtic world -- The Christian world -- The closure of the world -- The age of reason -- Gothic horror: the haunted house -- Victorian horror: the haunted man -- Cosmic terror: the haunted earth -- Modern terror: the incarnation of the numinous. Subjects: Horror tales History and criticism.Space and time in literatureSymbolism in literatureSymbolism in literature History and criticism.Horror fiction History and criticism. Space and time in literature. Symbolism in literature. Horror tales History and criticism.Récits d'horreur Histoire et critique. Symbolisme dans la littérature. Horror tales.Space and time in literature. Symbolism in literature. Horror talesHorror stories Critical studies. Horror storiesHorror stories to 1980 Critical studies 1 Kg. Seller Inventory # 388821
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