Haunted : on ghosts, witches, vampires, zombies, and other monsters of the natural and supernatural worlds / Leo Braudy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Braudy, Leo, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Monsters--History.

Monsters.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (335 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

haunted

Place of Publication:

New Haven, [Connecticut] ; London, [England] : Yale University Press, 2016.

Summary:

An award-winning scholar and author charts four hundred years of monsters and how they reflect the culture that created them Leo Braudy, a finalist for both the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award, has won accolades for revealing the complex and constantly shifting history behind seemingly unchanging ideas of fame, war, and masculinity. Continuing his interest in the history of emotion, this book explores how fear has been shaped into images of monsters and monstrosity. From the Protestant Reformation to contemporary horror films and fiction, he explores four major types: the monster from nature (King Kong), the created monster (Frankenstein), the monster from within (Mr. Hyde), and the monster from the past (Dracula). Drawing upon deep historical and literary research, Braudy discusses the lasting presence of fearful imaginings in an age of scientific progress, viewing the detective genre as a rational riposte to the irrational world of the monstrous. Haunted is a compelling and incisive work by a writer at the height of his powers

Contents:

Chapter 1. Shaping Fear

Chapter 2. Between Hope and Fear

Chapter 3. Terror, Horror, and the Cult of Nature

Chapter 4. Frankenstein, Robots, and Androids

Chapter 5. The Detective’s Reason

Chapter 6. Jekyll and Hyde

Chapter 7. Dracula and the Haunted Present

Chapter 8. Horror in the Age of Visual Reproduction

Notes

Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 15. Sep 2020)

ISBN:

0-300-22472-9

9780300224726

9780300203806

OCLC:

959713243