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Nightmare on Main Street: Angels, Sadomasochism, and the Culture of Gothic
Nightmare on Main Street Angels Sadomasochism and the Culture of Gothic Author:Mark Edmundson Once we've terrified ourselves reading Anne Rice or Stephen King, watching Halloween or following the O. J. Simpson trial, we can rely on the comfort of our inner child or Robert Bly's bongos, an angel, or even a crystal. In a brilliant assessment of American culture on the eve of the millennium, Mark Edmundson asks why we're determined to be ha... more »unted, courting the Gothic at every turn-and, at the same time, committed to escape through any new scheme for ready-made transcendence.« less