The Cambridge Companion to American Horror by Stephen Shapiro

The Cambridge Companion to American Horror by Stephen Shapiro

Opening up the warm body of American Horror – through literature, film, TV, music, video games, and a host of other mediums – this book gathers the leading scholars in the field to dissect the gruesome histories and shocking forms of American life. Through a series of accessible and informed essays, moving from the seventeenth century to the present day, The Cambridge Companion to American Horror explores one of the liveliest and most progressive areas of contemporary culture. From slavery to censorship, from occult forces to monstrous beings, this book is essential reading for anyone interested in America's most terrifying cultural expressions.

'The Cambridge Companion to American Horror effectively introduces readers to contemporary scholarly conversations within and champions of American Gothic and horror humanitiesThis collection will suit a variety of audiences, from the most committed to the novice horror fan. It will especially satisfy scholars looking for an accessible gloss of what will undoubtedly continue to be a growing and increasingly nuanced field. I hope that horror scholars will interpret Storey and Shapiro's gauntlet of transformation as a call for continued interdisciplinary scholarship on American as well as other horror traditions.' Alex M. Anderson, Science Fiction Film and Television
'The signal work of 2022 received is Stephen Shapiro and Mark Storey's collection 'The Cambridge Companion to American Horror'.' James Gifford, The Year's Work in English Studies

Stephen Shapiro is Professor of English and Comparative Literature at the University of Warwick. Author or editor of 17 books, some of his most recent include Pentecostal Modernism: Lovecraft, Los Angeles, and World-Systems Culture and as part of the Warwick Research Collective, Combined and Uneven Development: Towards a New Theory of World-Literature. Mark Storey is Associate Professor at the University of Warwick, where his teaching includes 'American Horror Story: US Gothic Cultures, 1619 to Tomorrow'. He is the author of two books on American literature: Rural Fictions, Urban Realities (2013) and Time and Antiquity in American Empire (2021).

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ISBN 13	9781009069892
ISBN 10	1009069896
Title	The Cambridge Companion to American Horror
Author	Stephen Shapiro
Series	Cambridge Companions To Literature
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Cambridge University Press
Year published	2022-08-04
Number of pages	300
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