Starting with questions about the nature of horror, this book offers a history of the genre. Using exmples from key Gothic texts or the Romantic period and more recent popular novels and films, it includes chapters on 'Mad science'; vampires and the undead; and madness and psycho-killers.
- Pages
- 220
- Published
- 2002
- Publisher
- Hodder Education
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780340762523