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Author Heller, Terry, 1947-

Title The delights of terror : an aesthetics of the tale of terror / Terry Heller.

Publication Info. Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [1987]
©1987

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  823.009 H477D    Check Shelf
Description xii, 218 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography Bibliography: pages [207]-214.
Note Includes index.
Contents Contents: Horror in literature and the literature of horror -- The marvelous horror thriller -- The fantastic/uncanny horror thriller -- The aesthetics of the horror thriller : Stoker's Dracula -- The pure fantastic tale of terror -- Anticlosure : Poe's "Ligeia" -- The entrapped critic : Poe's "The fall of the House of Usher" -- The master's trap : James's The turn of the screw -- Escape : an aesthetics of terror fantasy -- Conclusion : terror and the sublime.
Subject Horror tales, English -- History and criticism.
Horror tales, American -- History and criticism.
Fear in literature.
Horror tales -- Technique.
Other Form: Online version: Heller, Terry, 1947- Delights of terror. Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c1987 (OCoLC)569196893
ISBN 025201412X alkaline paper
9780252014123 alkaline paper
0252014758 paperback
9780252014758 paperback
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