As American As Mom, Baseball and Apple Pie
The Construction of Community in Contemporary American Horror Fiction

Linda J. Holland-Toll (Author)

9780879728526

Paperback / softback, published 15 June 2001

306 pages
23.2 x 15.4 x 1.9 cm, 0.333 kg

This book does nothing less than redefine the very genre of horror fiction, calling into question the usual conventions, motifs, and elements. Unlike many critics of this genre, Linda Holland-Toll sees dis/affirmative horror fiction acting neither to soothe fears nor reduce them to the vicarious ""thrills 'n' chills"" mode, but as intensifying the fears inherent in everyday life.