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Horror and the Holy: Wisdom-Teachings of the Monster Tale

Horror and the Holy: Wisdom-Teachings of the Monster Tale

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Literary Criticism

Publisher Price: $21.95

ISBN10: 081269225X
ISBN13: 9780812692259
Publisher: Open Court
Published: Jan 29 1999
Pages: 164
Weight: 0.60
Height: 0.48 Width: 6.00 Depth: 8.98
Language: English
Dr. Schneider draws upon a detailed and telling analysis of eleven well-known horror stories: Dracula, Frankenstein, The Phantom of the Opera, The Fall of the House of Usher, The Invisible Man, The Incredible Shrinking Man, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, The Birds, Forbidden Planet, Vertigo, and Alien. He finds that a spiritual understanding of life can be attained through horror. Classic horror steers a middle path between fanaticism and despair: the path of wonderment. Horror teaches us that the human personality is paradoxical, that revulsion and disgust are the obverse of excitement and freedom, and that both poles are vital to individual, social, and ecological well-being.

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