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Horror As Pleasure: The Aesthetics of Horror Fiction

Yvonne Leffler

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Description:Horror has been one of the most popular forms of entertainment for centuries. Stephen King's horror novels are among the most widely-read fiction of our time. At the cinema, horror films are popular box office hits and they are always in demand as home videos. What is it then that makes us voluntarily expose ourselves to fictional accounts of horror and violence? Is there some element in the representational form of the horror story that transforms the normally unpleasant horror sensation into enjoyable entertainment?In this study, Yvonne Leffler examines why we find fictional horror stories entertaining. She analyses the nature and narrative technique of the horror genre, dealing with both novels and films. In order to explain the popularity of horror, Leffler shows how the aesthetic premises of the horror story transform normally unpleasant feelings into pleasurable horror and aesthetic enjoyment.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Horror As Pleasure: The Aesthetics of Horror Fiction. To get started finding Horror As Pleasure: The Aesthetics of Horror Fiction, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Horror has been one of the most popular forms of entertainment for centuries. Stephen King's horror novels are among the most widely-read fiction of our time. At the cinema, horror films are popular box office hits and they are always in demand as home videos. What is it then that makes us voluntarily expose ourselves to fictional accounts of horror and violence? Is there some element in the representational form of the horror story that transforms the normally unpleasant horror sensation into enjoyable entertainment?In this study, Yvonne Leffler examines why we find fictional horror stories entertaining. She analyses the nature and narrative technique of the horror genre, dealing with both novels and films. In order to explain the popularity of horror, Leffler shows how the aesthetic premises of the horror story transform normally unpleasant feelings into pleasurable horror and aesthetic enjoyment.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Horror As Pleasure: The Aesthetics of Horror Fiction. To get started finding Horror As Pleasure: The Aesthetics of Horror Fiction, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

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