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COPYRIGHT 2005 Modern Humanities Research Association
Horror: A Thematic History in Fiction and Film. By DARRYL JONES. London: Arnold. 2003. iv+220 pp. 35 [pounds sterling] (pbk 9.99 [pounds sterling]). ISBN 0-340-76252-7 (pbk 0-340-76253-5).
Darryl Jones's Horror: A Thematic History in Fiction and Film falls between a number of critical categories. It is located between literary and film studies, it simultaneously addresses both scholar and fan of the horror genre (though as Jones proves through his own example, these viewing/reading categories might not be so easily distinguishable), and, as a critical history of the themes of Gothic horror, it is both insightful and somewhat disappointing at the same time.
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