A place of darkness : the rhetoric of horror in early American cinema /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Austin :
University of Texas Press,
[2018]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction : cinema, genre, nation
- Superstition and the shock of attraction : horrific elements in early cinema
- Weird and gloomy tales : uncanny narratives and foreign others
- Superstitious Joe and the rise of the American uncanny
- Literary monsters and uplifting horrors
- Mysteries in old dark houses
- Conclusion.