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aesthetics of fear
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audience response theory
Author_Noel Carroll
beings
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Contemporary Horror Fiction
Cosmic Fear
creatures
De La Mare
Discovery Plot
Donovan's Brain
Donovan’s Brain
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Erotetic Narration
Fantastic Hesitation
fiction
Filippo Taglioni
film
Fusion Figure
genre
genre analysis
Green Slime
horrific
Horrific Beings
Horrific Creatures
Horrific Monsters
Horror Fictions
Horror Genre
Horror Literature
Horror Movies
Horror Narratives
Horror Plots
Le Magicien
literature
metaphysics of fiction
Monster's Existence
monsters
Monster’s Existence
narrative theory
philosophical analysis of horror media
Positive Human Characters
Supernatural Horror
suspense mechanisms
Walter De La Mare
Walton's Theory
Walton’s Theory
Product details
- ISBN 9781138127982
- Weight: 500g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 08 Sep 2015
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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Noel Carroll, film scholar and philosopher, offers the first serious look at the aesthetics of horror. In this book he discusses the nature and narrative structures of the genre, dealing with horror as a "transmedia" phenomenon. A fan and serious student of the horror genre, Carroll brings to bear his comprehensive knowledge of obscure and forgotten works, as well as of the horror masterpieces. Working from a philosophical perspective, he tries to account for how people can find pleasure in having their wits scared out of them. What, after all, are those "paradoxes of the heart" that make us want to be horrified?
Noel Carroll (University of Wisconsin)
