A history of terror : fear & dread through the ages / Paul Newman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Newman, Paul, 1945-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fear--Social aspects--History.

Fear.

Fear in literature.

Fear--Social aspects.

History.

Physical Description:

xviii, 236 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Stroud : Sutton, 2000.

Summary:

This is a unique illustrated social history of fear, which ranges from the prehistoric terror of ancestral spirits through to the modern phenomenon of alien abduction. Terror reaches across literature, history, psychology and philosophy, and is something that we can all identify with. Paul Newman explores this topic with common sense and learning.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical (pages [227]-231) and index.

ISBN:

0750920084

OCLC:

43376369