{"product_id":"horror-a-companion-paperback","title":"Horror: A Companion - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSimon Bacon\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat is Horror? This terrifying genre gives shape to our anxieties as humans, and as a society. Short, accessible essays offer an introduction to horror in old and new media, including film, literature, games and comics. Texts range from classics like Stanley Kubrick's \u003ci\u003eThe Shining \u003c\/i\u003eto Jordan Peele's \u003ci\u003eGet Out\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSimon Bacon has published many articles on vampires, monstrosity, science fiction and media studies and has co-edited books on various subjects including \u003ci\u003eUndead Memory: Vampires and Human Memory in Popular Culture\u003c\/i\u003e (2014), \u003ci\u003eSeductive Concepts: Perspectives on Sins, Vices and Virtues\u003c\/i\u003e (2014), \u003ci\u003eLittle Horrors: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Anomalous Children and the Construction of Monstrosity\u003c\/i\u003e (2016), \u003ci\u003eTo Boldly Go: Essays on Gender and Identity in the Star Trek Universe\u003c\/i\u003e (2017), \u003ci\u003eGrowing Up with Vampires: Essays on the Undead in Children's Media\u003c\/i\u003e (2018) and \u003ci\u003eThe Gothic\u003c\/i\u003e (2018). He has published two monographs, \u003ci\u003eBecoming Vampire: Difference and the Vampire in Popular Culture\u003c\/i\u003e (2016) and \u003ci\u003eDracula as Absolute Other: The Troubling and Distracting Specter of Stoker's Vampire on Screen\u003c\/i\u003e (2019), and is currently working on his third, \u003ci\u003eEco-Vampires: The Vampire as Environmentalist and Undead Eco-activist\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 278\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 9.3 x 6.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 13, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42713140592703,"sku":"9781787079199","price":68.31,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/a7cffbaaafcb1a2dc0afdf500165146f.webp?v=1765063608","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/horror-a-companion-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}