Description: Contents Introduction. ?Won?t Someone Please Think of the Children?!? Thinking Horror Through the Lens of Moral Panic Jeffrey Andrew Weinstock Part I. Early Inquiries and Quick Takes 1. From Poetics Aristotle 2. Of Tragedy David Hume 3. On the Reason We Take Pleasure in Tragic Subjects Friedrich Schiller, translated by George W. Gregory 4. From A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and the Beautiful Edmund Burke 5. From ?Why Terrour and Grief Are Pleasing to the Mind When Excited by Descriptions? Joseph Addison 6. On the Pleasure Derived from Objects of Terror Anna Laetitia Barbauld 7. On the Supernatural in Poetry Ann Radcliffe 8. On the Supernatural in Fictitious Composition; and Particularly on the Works of Ernest Theodore William Hoffman Walter Scott 9. Introduction to Supernatural Horror in Literature H. P. Lovecraft 10. Introduction to Uncanny Stories Christopher St. John Sprigg 11. The Enjoyment of Fear Alfred Hitchcock 12. From Danse Macabre Stephen King Part II. The Paradox of Horror 13. Fearing Fictions Kendall Walton 14. The Paradox of Horror Berys Gaut 15. From The Philosophy of Horror; or, Paradoxes of the Heart Nol Carroll 16. Enjoying Negative Emotions in Fictions John Morreall 17. Fear for Your Life: The Appeals, Functions, and Effects of Horror Mathias Clasen 18. An Introduction to the American Horror Film Robin Wood 19. From Sacred Terror: Religion and Horror on the Silver Screen Douglas E. Cowan 20. From ?Discipline and Distraction: Psycho, Visual Culture, and Postmodern Cinema? Linda Williams 21. Frightening Fascination: A Phenomenology of Direct Horror Julian Hanich 22. (Why) Do You Like Scary Movies? A Review of the Empirical Research on Psychological Responses to Horror Films G. Neil Martin 23. Horror?s Long-Lasting Appeal Nina Nesseth Part III. Different Voices 24. Displaying Connoisseurship, Recognizing Craftsmanship Matt Hills 25. My Words to Victor Frankenstein Above the Village of Chamounix: Performing Transgender Rage Susan Stryker 26. Refusing to Refuse to Look: Female Viewers of the Horror Film Brigid Cherry 27. From ?Horror at the Crossroads: Class, Gender, and Taste at the Rialto? Mark Jancovich and Tim Snelson 28. Critical Pleasures: Reflections on the Indonesian Horror Genre and Its Anti-Fans Meghan Downes 29. New Black Gothic Sheri-Marie Harrison 30. Black Horror Beyond the White Gaze: A Conversation Dani Bethea and Monika Negra 31. Contemporary Horror and Disability: Adaptations and Active Readers Petra Kuppers 32. A Demon-Girl?s Guide to Life S. Trimble Publication History Contributors Index

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