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American scary : a history of horror, from Salem to Stephen King and beyond /

"Columbia professor and cultural historian Jeremy Dauber takes readers to the startling origins of the horror genre in the United States, from the lingering influence of the European Gothic to the enslaved insurrection tales and the apocryphal chronicles of colonial settlers kidnapped by Native...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dauber, Jeremy, 1973- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2024.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Horror tales, American > History and criticism.
Horror films > United States > History and criticism.
Récits d'horreur américains > Histoire et critique.
Films d'horreur > États-Unis > Histoire et critique.
Literary criticism.
Film criticism.
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Summary:"Columbia professor and cultural historian Jeremy Dauber takes readers to the startling origins of the horror genre in the United States, from the lingering influence of the European Gothic to the enslaved insurrection tales and the apocryphal chronicles of colonial settlers kidnapped by Native Americans"--
Physical Description:xi, 468 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781643753560
1643753568