American Scary: A History of Horror, from Salem to Stephen King and Beyond by Jeremy Dauber

American Scary: A History of Horror, from Salem to Stephen King and Beyond

Jeremy Dauber

430 pages first pub 2024 (editions) user-added

nonfiction history horror literary sociology informative medium-paced
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 These foundational narratives give rise to and are influenced by the body of work we more closely associate with horror: the weird fiction of HP Lovecraft, the lingering stories of Shirley Jackson, the unsettling films of Alfred Hitchcock, the up...

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informative: 100%

dark: 37%

reflective: 37%

challenging: 10%

funny: 10%

mysterious: 5%

hopeful: 2%

inspiring: 2%


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