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- Haunted by Leo Braudy
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- 02 October 2018
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Read É E-book, or Kindle E-pub Ê Leo Braudy Leo Braudy Ê 9 Free download Read Haunted by Leo Braudy Sculinity Continuing his interest in the history of emotion this book explores how fear has been shaped into images of monsters and monstrosity From the Protestant Reformation to contemporary horror films and fiction he explores four major types the monster from nature King Kong the created monster Frankenstein the monster from within Mr Hyde and. An academic investigation of the persistent monsters in mostly American culture Much of it applies to British culture too but I m not sure proper attention was paid to other countries contributions to the forms and themes I like this book best when it sticks with historical data and least when it stretches out its interpretive tentacles in speculation The discussion a recurrent theme really about the conflicts of faith Catholic vs Protestant vs Humanist etc are uite interesting and the author makes an excellent case for the clash of doctrines and world views still influencing our ideas of what a ghost or a witch is and what they mean in a social or cultural context Likewise the discussion of emergent ideas about the mind and the doppleganger or Dr J and Mr H while not especially original are fascinating especially when contemporary texts and sources are cited I didn t like the chapter on detectives mostly because it felt grafted Frankenstein like into the contents and I didn t much like the concluding chapter critiues of modernish film horrors that other writers have done better but on the whole this volume is a very worthwhile contribution to the uest for what horror means both as a genre and as part of the folk culture of our society
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Read É E-book, or Kindle E-pub Ê Leo Braudy Leo Braudy Ê 9 Free download Read Haunted by Leo Braudy The monster from the past Dracula Drawing upon deep historical and literary research Braudy discusses the lasting presence of fearful imaginings in an age of scientific progress viewing the detective genre as a rational riposte to the irrational world of the monstrous Haunted is a compelling and incisive work by a writer at the height of his powers. I found it surprising to have Martin Luther mentioned on page 2 the monster wasfor Catholics the diabolical reforms of Martin Luther John Calvin and others It certainly changed my way of reading this book The initial third of this book had its accent on religion and fearhope and horrorgood and evil Braudy reminds us how myth and legend control or at least influence our responses in the real world In the 17th century modern horror stories were based on real life fears which were many When literacy and circulating libraries became common there was an increase in fiction The book contains uite a bit of repetition but all in all it is an amazing integration of religion philosophy psychology natural science technology anthropology myth reality art both written and visual to describe our fascination with the supernatural world