The philosophy of horror, or, Paradoxes of the heart / Noel Carroll.
How can we be genuinely frightened of vampires, though we know they don't exist? How is it that people find pleasure in being scared out of their wits? Carroll presents the first philosophical and aesthetic analysis of horror.
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1990.
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Table of Contents:
- The nature of horror. The definition of horror ; Fantastic biologies and the structures of horrific imagery ; Summary and conclusion
- Metaphysics and horror, or Relating to fictions. Fearing fictions ; Character-identification?
- Plotting horror. Some characteristic horror plots ; Horror and suspense ; The fantastic
- Why horror? The paradox of horror ; Horror and ideology ; Horror today.