The Philosophy of Horror

By John Lutz and Thomas Fahy

Book Overview

Examining the evolving role of horror, this title investigates works such as Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1818), horror films of the 1930s, Stephen King's novels, Stanley Kubrick's adaptation of The Shining (1980), and Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho (1960).

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813125731
• ISBN13: 9780813125732
• Release Date: April 2010
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher