Haunted by the Uncanny - Development of a Genre from the Late Eighteenth to the Late Nineteenth Century

This dissertation traces the development of the supernatural from the late eighteenth to the late nineteenth-century. Since supernatural elements are unknown and unfamiliar, they easily arouse anxiety, fear, and even result in terror. As such they produce the effect of the uncanny and introduce the...

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Main Author: Reuber, Alexandra Maria
Other Authors: Adelaide Russo
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: LSU 2004
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Online Access:http://etd.lsu.edu/docs/available/etd-06242004-144906/