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9781890626068

Monsters from the Id : The Rise of Horror in Fiction and Film

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  • ISBN13:

    9781890626068

  • ISBN10:

    1890626066

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2000-05-01
  • Publisher: Isi Books
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Summary

Jones uncovers the origins of horror in the suffering inflicted by political and sexual revolution. The avenging monster, a mainstay of horror, emerged from the sexual dissolution of the French Revolution (Frankenstein) and thrived in the syphilitic underworld of Victorian England (Dracula). From Nosferatu and Psycho to Alien and Interview with the Vampire, the twentieth century has spawned new monsters of unprecedented horror.
-- What is the connection between sex and horror?
-- Why are vampires and nameless or faceless monsters so common in horror?
-- Why do we need horror -- yet fail to understand it?

Author Biography

E. Michael Jones earned his Ph.D. in American literature at Temple University and taught at the university level

Table of Contents

Preface A Legacy of Horror ix
PART I The Monster Travels From France to England
Why the French Revolution Failed
3(25)
Passion and Electricity
28(38)
Frankenstein
66(35)
PART II The Monster Travels from England to Germany
Dracula and Sin
101(33)
Blood and Berlin
134(37)
PART III The Monster Travels from Germany to America
The Difference Between Us and Them
171(34)
The Body Snatchers
205(17)
Hollywood and Death
222(22)
Alien and Contraception
244(14)
Conclusion Misreading Horror 258(23)
Notes 281(10)
Index 291

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