The Philosophy of Horror, First Edition Routledge Noel Carroll Paperback © 1990 ISBN: 0-415-90216-9 Publication Status: In Print Readership: Advanced students in philosophy, media and cultural studies and literary criticism Noel Carroll, film scholar and philosopher, offers the first serious look at the aesthetics of horror. In his new book he discusses the nature and narrative structures of the genre, dealing with horror as a "transmedia" phenomenon. A fan and serious student of the horror genre, Carroll brings to bear his comprehensive knowledge of obscure and forgotten works, as well as of the horror masterpieces. Working from a philosophical perspective, he tries to account for how people can find pleasure in having their wits scared out of them. What, after all, are those "paradoxes of the heart" that make us want to be horrified? `... a perspicuous and occasionally droll text which will be of considerable utility in cultural studies.' -Radical Philosophy Published in English , First Published in the EU April 1990 Size: 256 pages, Dimensions: 229x152

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