Plant Horror
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Plant Horror
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Author : Dawn Keetley
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2016-12-21
Plant Horror written by Dawn Keetley and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-12-21 with Performing Arts categories.
This collection explores artistic representations of vegetal life that imperil human life, voicing anxieties about our relationship to other life forms with which we share the earth. From medieval manuscript illustrations to modern works of science fiction and horror, plants that manifest monstrous agency defy human control, challenge anthropocentric perception, and exact a violent vengeance for our blind and exploitative practices. Plant Horror explores how depictions of monster plants reveal concerns about the viability of our prevailing belief systems and dominant ideologies— as well as a deep-seated fear about human vulnerability in an era of deepening ecological crisis. Films discussed include The Day of the Triffids, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, The Wicker Man, Swamp Thing, and The Happening.
Plant Attack
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Author : Brian Morse
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2012-03-08
Plant Attack written by Brian Morse and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-03-08 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
These ghostly adventures and spine-chilling stories are great for reads for reluctant readers. Written by well-known authors and illustrated by much-loved illustrators, this series will appeal to boys and girls.
The Screaming Plant
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Author : G. M. Yglesias
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1981
The Screaming Plant written by G. M. Yglesias and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1981 with Readers categories.
The Spaces And Places Of Horror
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Author : Francesco Pascuzzi
language : en
Publisher: Vernon Press
Release Date : 2020-01-16
The Spaces And Places Of Horror written by Francesco Pascuzzi and has been published by Vernon Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-01-16 with Art categories.
This volume explores the complex horizon of landscapes in horror film culture to better understand the use that the genre makes of settings, locations, spaces, and places, be they physical, imagined, or altogether imaginary. In The Philosophy of Horror, Noël Carroll discusses the “geography” of horror as often situating the filmic genre in liminal spaces as a means to displace the narrative away from commonly accepted social structures: this use of space is meant to trigger the audience’s innate fear of the unknown. This notion recalls Freud’s theorization of the uncanny, as it is centered on recognizable locations outside of the Lacanian symbolic order. In some instances, a location may act as one of the describing characteristics of evil itself: In A Nightmare on Elm Street teenagers fall asleep only to be dragged from their bedrooms into Freddy Krueger’s labyrinthine lair, an inescapable boiler room that enhances Freddie’s powers and makes him invincible. In other scenarios, the action may take place in a distant, little-known country to isolate characters (Roth’s Hostel films), or as a way to mythicize the very origin of evil (Bava’s Black Sunday). Finally, anxieties related to the encroaching presence of technology in our lives may give rise to postmodern narratives of loneliness and disconnect at the crossing between virtual and real places: in Kurosawa’s Pulse, the internet acts as a gateway between the living and spirit worlds, creating an oneiric realm where the living vanish and ghosts move to replace them. This suggestive topic begs to be further investigated; this volume represents a crucial addition to the scholarship on horror film culture by adopting a transnational, comparative approach to the analysis of formal and narrative concerns specific to the genre by considering some of the most popular titles in horror film culture alongside lesser-known works for which this anthology represents the first piece of relevant scholarship.
Plants In Science Fiction
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Author : Katherine E. Bishop
language : en
Publisher: University of Wales Press
Release Date : 2020-05-01
Plants In Science Fiction written by Katherine E. Bishop and has been published by University of Wales Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-05-01 with Literary Criticism categories.
Plants have played key roles in science fiction novels, graphic novels and film. John Wyndham’s triffids, Algernon Blackwood’s willows and Han Kang’s sprouting woman are just a few examples. Plants surround us, sustain us, pique our imaginations and inhabit our metaphors – but in many ways they remain opaque. The scope of their alienation is as broad as their biodiversity. And yet, literary reflections of plant-life are driven, as are many threads of science fictional inquiry, by the concerns of today. Plants in Science Fiction is the first-ever collected volume on plants in science fiction, and its original essays argue that plant-life in SF is transforming our attitudes toward morality, politics, economics and cultural life at large – questioning and shifting our understandings of institutions, nations, borders and boundaries; erecting and dismantling new visions of utopian and dystopian futures.
The Politics Of Horror
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Author : Damien K. Picariello
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2020-06-26
The Politics Of Horror written by Damien K. Picariello and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-06-26 with Political Science categories.
The Politics of Horror features contributions from scholars in a variety of fields—political science, English, communication studies, and others—that explore the connections between horror and politics. How might resources drawn from the study of politics inform our readings of, and conversations about, horror? In what ways might horror provide a useful lens through which to consider enduring questions in politics and political thought? And what insights might be drawn from horror as we consider contemporary political issues? In turning to horror, the contributors to this volume offer fresh provocations to inform a broad range of discussions of politics.
The Evolution Of Horror In The Twenty First Century
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Author : Simon Bacon
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2023-03-15
The Evolution Of Horror In The Twenty First Century written by Simon Bacon and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-03-15 with Social Science categories.
The Evolution of Horror in the Twenty-First Century examines the intimate connections between the horror genre and its audience’s experience of being in the world at a particular historical and cultural moment. This book not only provides frameworks with which to understand contemporary horror, but it also speaks to the changes wrought by technological development in creation, production, and distribution, as well as the ways in which those who are traditionally underrepresented positively within the genre- women, LGBTQ+, indigenous, and BAME communities - are finally being seen and finding space to speak.
Critical Approaches To Horror Comic Books
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Author : John Darowski
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2022-08-16
Critical Approaches To Horror Comic Books written by John Darowski and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-08-16 with Comics & Graphic Novels categories.
This volume explores how horror comic books have negotiated with the social and cultural anxieties framing a specific era and geographical space. Paying attention to academic gaps in comics’ scholarship, these chapters engage with the study of comics from varying interdisciplinary perspectives, such as Marxism; posthumanism; and theories of adaptation, sociology, existentialism, and psychology. Without neglecting the classical era, the book presents case studies ranging from the mainstream comics to the independents, simultaneously offering new critical insights on zones of vacancy within the study of horror comic books while examining a global selection of horror comics from countries such as India (City of Sorrows), France (Zombillénium), Spain (Creepy), Italy (Dylan Dog), and Japan (Tanabe Gou’s Manga Adaptations of H.P. Lovecraft), as well as the United States. One of the first books centered exclusively on close readings of an under-studied field, this collection will have an appeal to scholars and students of horror comics studies, visual rhetoric, philosophy, sociology, media studies, pop culture, and film studies. It will also appeal to anyone interested in comic books in general and to those interested in investigating intricacies of the horror genre.
Evil Roots
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Author : D. Butcher
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020-03
Evil Roots written by D. Butcher and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-03 with Gothic fiction (Literary genre). categories.
Strangling vines and meat-hungry flora fill this unruly garden of strange stories, selected for their significance as the seeds of the "killer plant" trope in fiction, film, and video games. Before the Demogorgon of Stranger Things and the appearance of Mario's iconic foe the Piranha Plant, writers of the 19th and early 20th centuries were exploring the lethal potential of vegetable life, inspired by new carnivorous species discovered on expeditions into the deep jungles of the world and breakthroughs in the grafting and genetics disciplines of botany. Suddenly, the exotic orchid could become a curiously alluring, yet unsettlingly bloodthirsty menace; the beautifully sprawling wisteria of the stately home could become anything but civilized, and the experimentation of botanists weening new shoots on their own blood could become fuel for a new genre of horticultural nightmare. Every strain of vegetable threat (and one deadly fungus) can be found within this new collection, representing the very best tales from the undergrowth.
Ordinary Horror
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Author : David Searcy
language : en
Publisher: Plume
Release Date : 2002
Ordinary Horror written by David Searcy and has been published by Plume this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Fiction categories.
Frank Delabano wants to get rid of the mysterious burrowing pests that are menacing the roses in his small backyard. He sends away for an organic remedy advertised in the local paper. "Gopherbane, " a South American plant, is guaranteed to be effective while harmless to pets and everything else. But a series of horrific incidents gradually builds to an apocalyptic climax.