The Horror Reader

Ken Gelder

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English

Routledge
22 June 2000

The Arts: General & Reference; Film theory & criticism; Literary studies: general

Horror has been one of the most spectacular and controversial genres in both cinema and fiction - its wild excesses relished by some, vilified by many others. Often defiantly marginal, it nevertheless inhabits the very fabric of everyday life, providing us with ways of imagining and classifying our

world; what is evil and what is good; what is monstrous and

what is 'normal'; what can be seen and what should remain hidden. The Horror Reader brings together 29 key articles to examine the enduring resonance of horror across culture. Spanning the history of horror in literature and film

and discussing texts from Britain, the United States, Europe, the Caribbean and Hong Kong, it explores a diversity of horror forms from classic gothic literature like Frankenstein and Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, to contemporary serial killers, horror film fanzines and low-budget movies such as The Leech Woman and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Themes addressed include:
* the fantastic
* horror and psychoanalysis
* monstrosities
* different Frankensteins
* vampires
* queer horror
* American gothic
* splatter

and slasher films
* race and ethnicity
* lowbrow and low-budget horror
* new regional horror. The Reader opens with an introduction to 'the field of horror' by Ken Gelder, and each thematic section includes an introductory preface. There is also a comprehensive bibliography of horror literature. Stephen D. Arata, Philip Brophy, Sue-Ellen Case, Terry Castle, Carol Clover, Joan Copjec, Barbara Creed, Ken Gelder, Teresa A. Goddu, Marie-Helene Huet, Graham Huggan, Leon

Hunt, Tania Modleski, Jos

Edited by: Ken Gelder
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 246mm, Width: 174mm, Spine: 28mm
Weight: 793g
ISBN: 9780415213554
ISBN 10: 041521355X
Pages: 418
Publication Date: 22 June 2000
Audience: College/higher education , Primary , Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Ken Gelder is Senior Lecturer in English at the University of Melbourne. He is the author of Reading the Vampire (Routledge 1994) and co-editor of The Subcultures Reader (Routledge 1996)

Reviews for The Horror Reader

'Gelder is to be congratulated on this selection. If you teach horror then I recommend this, the academic weight here, carefully used, could help students see beyond the gore.' - In The Picture 'Will do much to introduce the uninitiated to the cultural fascination of horror while giving the aficionados plenty to keep them ticking over.' - Intensities