Nightmare on Main Street: Angels, Sadomasochism, and the Culture of Gothic

Nightmare on Main Street: Angels, Sadomasochism, and the Culture of Gothic

by Mark Edmundson (Author)

Synopsis

An assessment of American culture on the eve of the millennium. The book asks why people are determind to be haunted, using as evidence the popularity of Anne Rice and Stephen King novels, and the O.J. Simpson trial, yet at the same time committed to escape through any new scheme for transcendence.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 208
Edition: Revised ed.
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 08 Oct 1999

ISBN 10: 0674624637
ISBN 13: 9780674624634