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Dreadful Pleasures: An Anatomy of Modern Horror
Dreadful Pleasures An Anatomy of Modern Horror
Author: James B. Twitchell
Dreadful Pleasures offers a lively look at those stories that make our hair stand on end--their persistence in our culture, their manifestations in art, and our need for the frissons they provide. James Twitchell traces our fascination with horror from the cave paintings at Lascaux to the "slasher" movies today. — Twitchell finds that three part...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780195035667
ISBN-10: 0195035666
Publication Date: 10/31/1985
Pages: 371
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Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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