The philosophy of horror

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Lexington, Ky.: University Press of Kentucky (2010)
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Inviting readers to ponder this genre's various manifestations since the late 1700s, this collection of probing essays allows fans and philosophy buffs alike to ...

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PN1995.9.H6.P45 2010

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Hobbes, human nature, and the culture of american violence in Truman capote's in cold blood.Thomas Fahy
Introduction.Thomas Fahy
Kitsch and camp and things that go Bump in the night; or, Sontag and Adorno at the (horror) movies.David MacGregor Johnston
Making monsters: The philosophy of reproduction in Mary Shelley's frankenstein and the universal films frankenstein and the bride of frankenstein.Ann C. Hall
The fall of the house of Ulmer: Europe vs. America in the gothic vision of the Black cat.Paul A. Cantor
Horror and the idea of everyday life: On skeptical threats in psycho and the birds.  (pages 14--32)Philip J. Nickel
Through a mirror, darkly: Art-horror as a medium for moral reflection.  (pages 33)Philip Tallon
The justification of torture-horror: Retribution and sadism in saw, hostel, and the devil's rejects.  (pages 42)Jeremy Morris
Making their presence known: Tv's ghost-hunter phenomenon in a "post-" world.  (pages 72)Jessica O'Hara
The vampire with a soul: Angel and the Quest for identity.  (pages 86)Amy Kind
Ideological formations of the nuclear family in the Hills have eyes.  (pages 102)Lorena Russell
Zombies of the world, unite: Class struggle and alienation in land of the dead.  (pages 121)John Lutz
The Fall of the House of Ulmer.  (pages 137)Paul A. Cantor
From domestic nightmares to the nightmare of history: Uncanny eruptions of violence in King's and kubrick's versions of the shining.  (pages 161)John Lutz
Hot with rapture and cold with fear": Grotesque, sublime, and postmodern transformations in Patrick süskind's perfume.  (pages 179)Susann Cokal
Shock value: A Deleuzean encounter with James Purdy's narrow rooms.  (pages 199)Robert F. Gross

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