Wasteland: the Great War and the origins of modern horror
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[2018]
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English
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"The roots of modern horror are found in the First World War. It was the most devastating event to occur in the early 1900s, with 38 million dead and 17 million wounded in the most grotesque of ways, owing to the new machines brought to war. If Downton Abbey showed the ripple effect of this catastrophe above stairs, Wasteland reveals how it made its way into the darker corners of our psyche on the bloody battlefield, the screaming asylum, and desolated cities and villages. Historian W. Scott Poole chronicles the era's major figures and their influences--Freud, T.S. Eliot, H.P. Lovecraft, Wilfred Owen and Peter Lorre, David Cronenberg and Freddy Krueger--as well as cult favorites and the collective unconscious. Wasteland is a surprising--but wholly convincing--perspective on horror that also speaks to the audience for history, film, and popular culture. November 11th, 2018 is the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Armistice that brought the First World War to a close, and a number of smart and well-received recent histories have helped us reevaluate this conflict. Now W. Scott Poole takes us behind the frontlines of battle to the dark places of the imagination where the legacy of the war to end all wars lives on" --
Subjects
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Civilization, Modern
Civilization, Modern -- 20th century
History
History and criticism
Horror films
Horror films -- History and criticism
Horror in art
Horror in art -- History
Horror in literature
Horror in literature -- History
Influence
Psychic trauma
Psychic trauma -- History
War and society
War and society -- History -- 20th century
World War, 1914-1918
World War, 1914-1918 -- Influence
Civilization, Modern -- 20th century
History
History and criticism
Horror films
Horror films -- History and criticism
Horror in art
Horror in art -- History
Horror in literature
Horror in literature -- History
Influence
Psychic trauma
Psychic trauma -- History
War and society
War and society -- History -- 20th century
World War, 1914-1918
World War, 1914-1918 -- Influence
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9781640090934
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Horror films -- History and criticism
Horror in art -- History
Horror in literature -- History
Psychic trauma -- History
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Horror in art
Horror in literature
Influence
Psychic trauma
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