Noel Carroll

The Philosophy of Horror (eBook, ePUB)

Or, Paradoxes of the Heart

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

For decades, the horror genre has been a major popular entertainment and has dominated the publishing and film industries. Yet there exists no philosophical examination of the genre - the time for its aesthetic analysis is ripe. Noel Carroll, film scholar and philosopher, offers the first serious look at the aesthetics of horror. In this book he discusses the nature and narrative structures of the genre, dealing with horror as a "transmedia" phenomenon. A fan and serious student of the horror genre, Carroll brings to bear his comprehensive knowledge of obscure and forgotten works, as well as of the horror masterpieces. Working from a philosophical perspective, he tries to account for how people can find pleasure in having their wits scared out of them. What, after all, are those "paradoxes of the heart" that make us want to be horrified?

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Altersempfehlung: ab 18 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. September 2003
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781135965037
• Artikelnr.: 40101716

Autorenporträt

Noel Carroll (University of Wisconsin)

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1 The Nature of Horror
The Definition of Horror
Fantastic Biologies and the Structures of Horrific Imagery
Summary and Conclusion
2 Metaphysics and Horror
or Relating to Fictions
Fearing Fictions
Character-Identification? 3 Plotting Horror
Some Characteristic Horror Plots
Horror and Suspense
The Fantastic 4 Why Horror? The Paradox of Horror
Horror and Ideology
Horror Today