As American as Mom, Baseball, and Apple Pie: The Constructing Community in Contemporary American Horror Fiction

Holland-Toll, Linda J.

ISBN 10: 0879728523 / ISBN 13: 9780879728526

Published by Popular Press 1, 2001

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: As American as Mom, Baseball, and Apple Pie: The Constructing Community in Contemporary American Horror Fiction
• Publisher: Popular Press 1
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0879728523
• ISBN 13: 9780879728526
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New
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Synopsis

This book does nothing less than redefine the very genre of horror fiction, calling into question the usual conventions, motifs, and elements. Unlike many critics of this genre, Linda Holland-Toll sees dis/affirmative horror fiction acting neither to soothe fears nor reduce them to the vicarious “thrills ‘n’ chills” mode, but as intensifying the fears inherent in everyday life.