Mazes of the Serpent : An Anatomy of Horror Narrative /
Salomon, Roger B.
Mazes of the Serpent : An Anatomy of Horror Narrative / Roger B. Salomon. - 1 online resource (200 p.)
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Horror Explained (Away) -- 1. Alternate Worlds -- 2. Ghosts and Other Monsters -- 3. Conventions of Absence: The Style of Literary Horror -- 4. Beyond Realism: Horror Narrative as Parody -- 5. Horror and the Absence of Redemption -- Works Cited -- Index
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In a compact, readable, and accessible book, Roger B. Salomon explores the nature of horror in literature and in life. Rather than minimizing horror by narrowly associating it with psychological drives, persecution, or extremism, he approaches horror through the medium of narrative as a significant and enduring physical and metaphysical reality. Salomon focuses on fictions of horror, including eighteenth-century Gothic and nineteenth-century ghost stories. He does not, however, isolate literary examples from more general human issues, including religious belief. Mazes of the Serpent takes up examples of horror from historical and personal narratives—including battle memoirs and Holocaust testimonies—as Salomon identifies certain common themes and qualities that cross the boundary between fiction and actual human experience.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9781501718472
10.7591/9781501718472 doi
Horror tales, American--History and criticism.
Horror tales, English--History and criticism.
Narration (Rhetoric).
Popular literature--History and criticism.--English-speaking countries
American Studies.
Literary Studies.
LITERARY CRITICISM / Gothic & Romance.
PS374.H67 / S36 2002eb
813/.0873809
Mazes of the Serpent : An Anatomy of Horror Narrative / Roger B. Salomon. - 1 online resource (200 p.)
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Horror Explained (Away) -- 1. Alternate Worlds -- 2. Ghosts and Other Monsters -- 3. Conventions of Absence: The Style of Literary Horror -- 4. Beyond Realism: Horror Narrative as Parody -- 5. Horror and the Absence of Redemption -- Works Cited -- Index
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
In a compact, readable, and accessible book, Roger B. Salomon explores the nature of horror in literature and in life. Rather than minimizing horror by narrowly associating it with psychological drives, persecution, or extremism, he approaches horror through the medium of narrative as a significant and enduring physical and metaphysical reality. Salomon focuses on fictions of horror, including eighteenth-century Gothic and nineteenth-century ghost stories. He does not, however, isolate literary examples from more general human issues, including religious belief. Mazes of the Serpent takes up examples of horror from historical and personal narratives—including battle memoirs and Holocaust testimonies—as Salomon identifies certain common themes and qualities that cross the boundary between fiction and actual human experience.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9781501718472
10.7591/9781501718472 doi
Horror tales, American--History and criticism.
Horror tales, English--History and criticism.
Narration (Rhetoric).
Popular literature--History and criticism.--English-speaking countries
American Studies.
Literary Studies.
LITERARY CRITICISM / Gothic & Romance.
PS374.H67 / S36 2002eb
813/.0873809