Limits of horror by Fred Botting

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Summary

This is a major re-evaluation of the role and cultural significance of Gothic horror. It offers analysis of literary, film, art and popular cultural texts and critical explanations of key terms (horror, uncanny etc.) to interrogate the contemporary and historical significance of monsters, vampires and ghosts in technological and consumer culture.

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Limits of horror by Fred Botting

This is a major re-evaluation of the role and cultural significance of Gothic horror. It offers analysis of literary, film, art and popular cultural texts and critical explanations of key terms (horror, uncanny etc.) to interrogate the contemporary and historical significance of monsters, vampires and ghosts in technological and consumer culture.
Fred Botting is Professor in the Institute for Cultural Research, Lancaster University
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ISBN 13 9780719083655
ISBN 10 0719083656
Title Limits of horror
Author Fred Botting
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Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Manchester University Press
Year published 2011-01-04
Number of pages 240
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