About this title: Throughout history, human beings have been strangely fascinated by the monstrous and the macabre. In this study of the classic horror story, Dr Schneider explains the enormous attraction of these tales as a result of our thirst for the sacred, and identifies elements of the holy in familiar blood-curdling yarns. Schneider presents an outline and analysis of the underlying themes of "Dracula" ("A Study of Hyperconstriction"), "Frankenstein" ("A Study in Hyperexpansion"), "The Phantom of the Opera", "The Fall of the House of Usher", "The Invisible Man", "The Incredible Shrinking Man", "Dr ...
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Description: Very Good. Signed by Author/Illustrator. Trade Paperback. Very good condition; edges, corners, and covers of book show minor wear and discoloration. No underlining; no highlighting; no internal markings except for previous owner's embossed name stamping on front cover and/or on title page. Author has incribed to "Daniel", signed and dated 1995, in blue ink on half-title page. No spine creasing; no remainder mark. 1993. Signed by Author/Illustrator. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Open Court Publishing Co, U. S
Date Published: 1993
ISBN-13:9780812692259ISBN:081269225X
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Open Court Publishing Company
ISBN-13:9780812692259ISBN:081269225X
Description: Very good. Appearance of only slight previous use. Cover and binding show a little wear. All pages are undamaged with potentially only a few, small markings. Help save a tree. Buy all your used books from Green Earth Books. Read. Recycle and Reuse! read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Open Court
Date Published: 1999-12-06
ISBN-13:9780812692242ISBN:0812692241
Description: Good. What's the difference between fiction and reality? Ficton has to make sense. Tom Clancy. If you buy this book, it will ship from Kentucky. It may have some writing and highlighting. If this is a book for class, it might not have some of the extra materials it originally came with like the CD or any access codes. You probably don't need those anyway, but you might want to check with your professor first just in case. Please email us if you have any questions, and thanks for checking us ... read more
Edition: First Edition First Printing Private Press
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Open Court, USA
Date Published: 1993
ISBN-13:9780812692259ISBN:081269225X
Description: Fine. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall 100pp. A study of 11 classic horror stories, explaining the compelling power of such tales as a result of our thirst for the sacred, identifying the elements of the holy in familiar bloodcurdling yarns. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Open Court Publishing Company
Date Published: 1993
ISBN-13:9780812692259ISBN:081269225X
Description: New. Through a study of a number of classic horror stories, this work argues that spiritual understanding of life can be reached through horror; that it steers a path between fanaticism and despair-the path of wonderment; and that revulsion and disgust a... read more
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