Toward an organic theory of the Gothic: conceptualizing horror

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Horror has literary, popular cultural and film appeal, but has not been included in the theoretical framework that encompasses tragedy, comedy and other major forms. There have been works on Gothic and its aesthetics and theory, one of the earliest being 'One the Pleasure derived from Objects of Terror' by Aiken and Barbauld, 1775. Gothic tales can be seen as closed systems, with little information on actual dates and locations. Horror does not give pleasure in real life, but horror as an art form can be experienced both as intellectual prception and as a bodily registration.

Social aspects, Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Literature, Horror films, Horror movies, Horror, Horror tales, Horror stories

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Postmodern gothic: Stephen King's 'Pet Sematary.'

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Stephen King's 'Pet Sematary' finds strong affinity in terms of theme and purpose with the literary works of other celebrated authors such as Mary Shelley and Nathaniel Hawthorne. It was even related to the tragedies of Sophocles. King's novel may be considered as postmodern Gothic defined as the transformation or historical mutation of the traditional Gothic tale. The primordial fear of the dead and the forces linked with death and dying are contained in 'Pet Sematary.'

Death, Fear, King, Stephen (American writer)

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The devil sings the blues: Heavy Metal, Gothic fiction and "postmodern" discourse

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Gothic fiction and heavy metal, both sub-genres obsessed with the devil, are derived from the novel and rock music, institutionalized forms now though they were originally subversive media of expression. The sub-genres surfaced during periods of cultural transformation, rebelling against the accepted culture of postmodernism that erases the boundaries between mass culture and elitism.

Postmodernism, Heavy metal music, Gothic literature

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