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On fear, horror, and terror : giving utterance to the unutterable / edited by Pedro Querido and Maria Ibáñez-Rodríguez.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- At the interface/probing the boundaries ; v. 125.
- At the interface/probing the boundaries ; Volume 125
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Fear.
- Fear in literature.
- Horror.
- Horror in literature.
- Terror.
- Terror in literature.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 133 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill Rodopi, [2019]
- Summary:
- This volume brings together essays that examine a vast gamut of different contemporary cultural manifestations of fear, anxiety, horror, and terror.0Topics range from the feminine sublime in American novels to the monstrous double in horror fiction, (in)security at music festivals, the uncanny in graphic novels, epic heroes' Being-towards-death and authenticity, atrocity and history in Central European art, the theme of old age in absurdist literature, and iterations of the "home invasion" subgenre in post-9/11 popular culture.0This diversity of insights and methodologies ensures a kaleidoscopic look at a cluster of phenomena and experiences that often manage to both be immediately and universally recognizable and defy straightforward categorization or even description.
- Contents:
- 1 Introduction p. 1 / María Ibáñez-Rodríguez and Pedro Querido
- 2 Both Victimizer and Victim: Terror and the Feminine Sublime in American Psycho and Fight Club p. 6 / Emily-Rose Carr
- 3 Fearful Manifestations: a Comparative Study of the Monstrous Double in Ahmed Khaled Towfik's Utopia p. 28 / Ghada Saad Hassan
- 4 Music Festival (in)Security: Transgression, Transhumanism, and Immorality p. 44 / Woodrow Hood
- 5 Myths of the Uncanny in the Contemporary Graphic Novel p. 57 / María Ibáñez-Rodríguez
- 6 Fear, Death, and Authenticity in the Hero: a Look at Heidegger, Achilleus, and Harry Potter p. 71 / Nicole M. Jowsey
- 7 Ornaments of Pain and Survival: Central European History, Literature, and Film p. 80 / Marta Moore
- 8 A Horror of the Vacuum: an Overview of Old Age in Absurdist Literature p. 89 / Pedro Querido
- 9 Hospitality in Post-9/11 Representations of "Home Invasion": Michael Haneke's Funny Games (1997/2007) p. 114 / Ana Romão.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9789004397989
- 9004397981
- OCLC:
- 1102601213
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