Opening up the warm body of American Horror - through literature, film, TV, music, video games, and a host of other mediums - this book gathers the leading scholars in the field to dissect the gruesome histories and shocking forms of American life. Through a series of accessible and informed essays, moving from the seventeenth century to the present day, The Cambridge Companion to American Horror explores one of the liveliest and most progressive areas of contemporary culture. From slavery to censorship, from occult forces to monstrous beings, this book is essential reading for anyone interested in America's most terrifying cultural expressions.

Taking Horror seriously, the book surveys America's bloody and haunted history through its most terrifying cultural expressions.

About the Author
Stephen Shapiro is Professor of English and Comparative Literature at the University of Warwick. Author or editor of 17 books, some of his most recent include Pentecostal Modernism: Lovecraft, Los Angeles, and World-Systems Culture and as part of the Warwick Research Collective, Combined and Uneven Development: Towards a New Theory of World-Literature. Mark Storey is Associate Professor at the University of Warwick, where his teaching includes 'American Horror Story: US Gothic Cultures, 1619 to Tomorrow'. He is the author of two books on American literature: Rural Fictions, Urban Realities (2013) and Time and Antiquity in American Empire (2021).


Book Information
ISBN 9781009069892
Author Stephen Shapiro
Format Paperback
Page Count 300
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Weight(grams) 340g
Dimensions(mm) 228mm * 150mm * 14mm