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Poole, W. Scott, 1971- author.
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Horror films -- History and criticism.
Horror in literature -- History.
Horror in art -- History.
Psychic trauma -- History.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Influence.
War and society -- History -- 20th century.
Civilization, Modern -- 20th century.
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Wasteland : the Grea...
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Wasteland : the Great War and the origins of modern horror / W. Scott Poole.
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Poole, W. Scott, 1971- author.
Berkeley, California : Counterpoint : Distributed by Publishers Group West, 2018.
Subjects
Horror films -- History and criticism.
Horror in literature -- History.
Horror in art -- History.
Psychic trauma -- History.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Influence.
War and society -- History -- 20th century.
Civilization, Modern -- 20th century.
ISBN:
9781640090934 (paperback)
1640090932 (paperback)
Description:
289 pages ; 24 cm
Edition:
First hardcover edition.
Contents:
Foreword: Corpses in the wasteland -- Symphony of horror -- Waxworks -- Nightmare bodies -- Fascism and horror -- Universal monsters -- Afterword: The age of horror.
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"The roots of modern horror are found in the First World War. It was the most devastating event to occur in the early 1900s, with 38 million dead and 17 million wounded in the most grotesque of ways, owing to the new machines brought to war. If Downton Abbey showed the ripple effect of this catastrophe above stairs, Wasteland reveals how it made its way into the darker corners of our psyche on the bloody battlefield, the screaming asylum, and desolated cities and villages. Historian W. Scott Poole chronicles the era's major figures and their influences--Freud, T.S. Eliot, H.P. Lovecraft, Wilfred Owen and Peter Lorre, David Cronenberg and Freddy Krueger--as well as cult favorites and the collective unconscious. Wasteland is a surprising--but wholly convincing--perspective on horror that also speaks to the audience for history, film, and popular culture. November 11th, 2018 is the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Armistice that brought the First World War to a close, and a number of smart and well-received recent histories have helped us reevaluate this conflict. Now W. Scott Poole takes us behind the frontlines of battle to the dark places of the imagination where the legacy of the war to end all wars lives on" --
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