American scary a history of horror, from Salem to Stephen King and beyond
"Columbia professor and cultural historian Jeremy Dauber takes readers to the startling origins of the horror genre in the United States, from the lingering influence of the European Gothic to the enslaved insurrection tales and the apocryphal chronicles of colonial settlers kidnapped by Native Amer...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Chapel Hill, North Carolina :
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill,
2024.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: | "Columbia professor and cultural historian Jeremy Dauber takes readers to the startling origins of the horror genre in the United States, from the lingering influence of the European Gothic to the enslaved insurrection tales and the apocryphal chronicles of colonial settlers kidnapped by Native Americans"-- |
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| Physical Description: | pages ; cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781643753560 |
| Author Notes: | Jeremy Dauber is a professor of Jewish literature and American studies at Columbia University. His books include Jewish Comedy and The Worlds of Sholem Aleichem , both finalists for the National Jewish Book Award. More recently he is the author of Mel Brooks: Disobedient Jew and American Comics: A History . He lives in New York City. |
