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100 1 $aIngebretsen, Edward J.,$d1950-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n83123115
245 10 $aMaps of heaven, maps of hell :$breligious terror as memory from the Puritans to Stephen King /$cEdward J. Ingebretsen.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aArmonk, N.Y. :$bM.E. Sharpe,$c1996.
263 $a9604
300 $axxxviii, 239 pages ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 00 $tPrologue: Last Things First: A Dante-esque Digression --$tPreface: The Semiotics of Terror --$gCh. 1.$tNostalgia and Terror: Holy Ghosts --$gCh. 2.$t"Entertaining Satan": The American Rite of Deviancy --$gCh. 3.$tWriting the Unholy: Chanting the God Demonic --$gCh. 4.$tThe Shape of the Dark: Robert Frost and H. P. Lovecraft --$gCh. 5.$t"It Came from Beyond": The Sacred and the Scary --$tPostscript: End Runs: Toward the American Gothic.
520 $aPuritan theology maintained the "men need to be terrified, so that they may be converted." Yet the fear of self-loss at the heart of religious conversion was, oddly enough, similar to the fear provoked by witchery and demonic possession. Thus terror entered American culture partly by way of religious sanction, and it continues to be an important social tool for the shaping of hearts and minds.
520 8 $aThis book defines the use of terror in the American popular imagination from its beginnings in Puritan sermonizing to its prominent place in contemporary genre film and fiction.
650 0 $aHorror tales, American$xHistory and criticism.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008105767
650 0 $aGothic revival (Literature)$zUnited States.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008105346
650 0 $aFiction$xReligious aspects$xChristianity.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008120438
650 0 $aAmerican fiction$xEnglish influences.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2009114782
650 0 $aPuritan movements in literature.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh94008423
650 0 $aChristianity and literature.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85025247
650 0 $aHeaven in literature.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh94008089
650 0 $aMemory in literature.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85083503
650 0 $aHell in literature.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh94008093
852 00 $bglx$hPS374.H67$iI54 1996
852 00 $bbar$hPS374.H67$iI54 1996
852 00 $bbar$hPS374.H67$iI54 1996