Wasteland: The Great War and the Origins of Modern Horror

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  • Hardcover
  • 289 Pages
  • Released: October 16, 2018
  • Originally Released: 2018
  • Publisher: Counterpoint

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Historian and Bram Stoker Award Nominee W. Scott Poole traces the confluence of military history, technology, and art that gave us modern horror films and literature.

From Nosferatu to Frankenstein's monster, from Fritz Lang to James Whale, the touchstones of horror can all trace their roots to the bloodshed of the First World War. Bram Stoker Award nominee W. Scott Poole traces the confluence of military history, technology, and art in the wake of World War I to show how overwhelming carnage gave birth to a wholly new art form: modern horror films and literature.

"Thoroughly engrossing cultural study . . . Poole persuasively argues that the birth of horror as a genre is rooted in the unprecedented destruction and carnage of WWI." ?Publishers Weekly (starred review)

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History & criticism | Horror films

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  • ISBN: 9781640090934
  • Shipping Weight: 1.25/lbs (approx)
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