American Scary A History of Horror, From Salem to Stephen King and Beyond

"Columbia professor and cultural historian Jeremy Dauber takes readers to the startling origins of the horror genre in the United States, from the lingering influence of the European Gothic to the enslaved insurrection tales and the apocryphal chronicles of colonial settlers kidnapped by Native Americans"--

Info autore

Jeremy Dauber is a professor of Jewish literature and American studies at Columbia University. His books include Jewish Comedy and The Worlds of Sholem Aleichem, both finalists for the National Jewish Book Award. More recently he is the author of Mel Brooks: Disobedient Jew and American Comics: A History. He lives in New York City.

Riassunto

From the acclaimed author of American Comics and Jewish Comedy comes a sweeping and entertaining narrative that details the rise and enduring grip of horror in American literature, cinema, and, ultimately, culture-from the taut, terrifying stories of Edgar Allan Poe to the grisly, lingering films of Jordan Peele.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Jeremy Dauber, Dauber Jeremy
• Editore: Workman Publishing
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Copertina rigida
• Data pubblicazione: 10.12.2024
• Categoria: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Opere generiche, enciclopedie
• EAN: 9781643753560
• ISBN: 978-1-64375-356-0
• Numero di pagine: 480
• Categorie: Film, Gift, Hannibal, USA, Horror, Halloween, Universal, Photography, Vampire, History, Popular Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, Jack the Ripper, Zombie, The arts: general issues, Fiction, Edgar Allan Poe, Dickens, CSI, HISTORY / United States / General, ART / Popular Culture, LITERARY CRITICISM / Horror & Supernatural, Herman Melville, War of the Worlds, Washington Irving, hg wells, Nathaniel Hawthorne, scary, Werewolf, Slasher, popular, Turn of the Screw, Pulp, sleepy hollow, United States of America, USA, George Washington Carver, Jordan Peele, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Squid Game, The arts: general topics, shirley jackson, silence of the lambs, A24, frightening, p.t. barnum, Nat Turner, Cotton Mather, Charles Chesnutt, horror-lover, H.H. Holmes