Wasteland, the Great War and the origins of modern horror, W. Scott Poole
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Label
Wasteland, the Great War and the origins of modern horror, W. Scott Poole
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
no index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Wasteland
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
1043303828
Responsibility statement
W. Scott Poole
Sub title
the Great War and the origins of modern horror
Summary
"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" --, Provided by publisher
Table Of Contents
Foreword: Corpses in the wasteland -- Symphony of horror -- Waxworks -- Nightmare bodies -- Fascism and horror -- Universal monsters -- Afterword: The age of horror
Creator
Subject
- Horror in literature + History
- War and society + History -- 20th century
- Psychic trauma + History
- Horror in art + History
- History
- Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918 + Influence
- World War, 1914-1918 + Influence
- Civilization, Modern -- 20th century
- Horror films + History and criticism
- Guerre et société + Histoire -- 20e siècle
- Civilisation -- 20e siècle
- Traumatisme psychique + Histoire
- Nonfiction
- Films d'horreur + Histoire et critique
- Horreur dans la littérature + Histoire
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Horreur dans l'art + Histoire
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Author
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Outgoing Resources
- Creator1
- Genre3
- Subject17
- Horror in literature + History
- War and society + History -- 20th century
- Psychic trauma + History
- Horror in art + History
- History
- Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918 + Influence
- World War, 1914-1918 + Influence
- Civilization, Modern -- 20th century
- Horror films + History and criticism
- Guerre et société + Histoire -- 20e siècle
- Civilisation -- 20e siècle
- Traumatisme psychique + Histoire
- Nonfiction
- Films d'horreur + Histoire et critique
- Horreur dans la littérature + Histoire
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Horreur dans l'art + Histoire
- Content1
- Author1
- Mapped to1