Title Maps of heaven, maps of hell : religious terror as memory from the Puritans to Stephen King / Edward J. Ingebretsen.

Publication Info.	Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, [1996]
	©1996

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University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location	813.0873 I45M	Check Shelf

Edition	1st ed.
Description	xxxviii, 239 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Prologue: Last Things First: A Dante-esque Digression -- Preface: The Semiotics of Terror -- Ch. 1. Nostalgia and Terror: Holy Ghosts -- Ch. 2. "Entertaining Satan": The American Rite of Deviancy -- Ch. 3. Writing the Unholy: Chanting the God Demonic -- Ch. 4. The Shape of the Dark: Robert Frost and H.P. Lovecraft -- Ch. 5. "It Came from Beyond": The Sacred and the Scary -- Postscript: End Runs: Toward the American Gothic.
Summary	Puritan theology maintained the "men need to be terrified, so that they may be converted." Yet the fear of self-loss at the heart of religious conversion was, oddly enough, similar to the fear provoked by witchery and demonic possession. Thus terror entered American culture partly by way of religious sanction, and it continues to be an important social tool for the shaping of hearts and minds. This book defines the use of terror in the American popular imagination from its beginnings in Puritan sermonizing to its prominent place in contemporary genre film and fiction.
Subject	Horror tales, American -- History and criticism.
	Gothic revival (Literature) -- English-speaking countries.
	Fiction -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
	American fiction -- English influences.
	Puritan movements in literature.
	Christianity and literature.
	Heaven in literature.
	Memory in literature.
	Hell in literature.
	American fiction -- English influences. (OCoLC)fst00807066
	Christianity and literature. (OCoLC)fst00859681
	Fiction -- Religious aspects -- Christianity. (OCoLC)fst00923748
	Gothic revival (Literature) (OCoLC)fst00945084
	Heaven in literature. (OCoLC)fst00954119
	Hell in literature. (OCoLC)fst00954751
	Horror tales, American. (OCoLC)fst00960399
	Memory in literature. (OCoLC)fst01787079
	Puritan movements in literature. (OCoLC)fst01084355
	English-speaking countries. (OCoLC)fst01261775
	littérature américaine (Etats-Unis) -- religion -- terreur -- 17e s. -- 20e s.
	Literatur.
	Religion.
	Schrecken.
	United States.
	Christianisme et littérature.
	Ciel -- Aspect religieux, dans la littérature.
	Enfer dans la littérature.
	Mémoire dans la littérature.
	Puritanisme dans la littérature.
	Román -- Aspect religieux -- Christianisme.
	Roman américain -- Influence anglaise.
	Roman noir (Genre littéraire) -- États-Unis -- Histoire et critique.
	Récits d'horreur américains -- Histoire et critique.
	Literatur. (DE-588)4035964-5
	Religion. (DE-588)4049396-9
	Schrecken. (DE-588)4179970-7
	United States. (DE-588)4078704-7
Genre/Form	Criticism, interpretation, etc. (OCoLC)fst01411635
Other Form:	Online version: Ingebretsen, Edward J., 1950- Maps of heaven, maps of hell. 1st ed. Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, ©1996 (OCoLC)604199497
ISBN	1563248719
	9781563248719
	1563248727 (pbk.)
	9781563248726 (pbk.)
	1557786380
	9781557786388
	155778728X
	9781557787286

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