Catholic Horror and Rhetorical Dialectics
Series: Critical Conversations in Horror Studies;
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Product details:
- Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)
- Date of Publication 24 June 2024
- Number of Volumes Hardback
- ISBN 9781611463620
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages202 pages
- Size 230x154x20 mm
- Weight 460 g
- Language English 556
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Long description:
Identifying an important subgenre of horror literature, this book argues that Catholic horror fiction works distinctively to inspire the philosophical, theological, and spiritual imaginations of readers from all backgrounds and faith traditions. Hurley analyzes four novels that are foundational to the genre of Catholic horror: J.K. Huysmans's Lï¿1⁄2-Bas (1891), Robert Hugh Benson's The Light Invisible (1903) and A Mirror of Shalott (1907), and William Peter Blatty's The Exorcist (1971). Putting these texts in conversation with the classical liberal arts, the book shows how Catholic horror fiction coheres in a commitment to dialectical thinking that aims both to resolve-and to accommodate-contrasting world views. Given its use of this methodology, Catholic horror literature is uniquely positioned to draw readers into a contemplative mindset. In presenting ghost stories, tales of possession, and narratives about evil, Catholic horror invites audiences to confront and reflect on profound existential questions-questions about the line between life and death, the nature of being, and the meaning of reality.
MoreTable of Contents:
Introduction: Contemplative Horror and Rhetoric
Chapter One: What is Catholic Horror Literature?
Chapter Two: What are Rhetorical Dialectics?
Chapter Three: Rhetorical Dialectics of J.K. Huysmans's Lï¿1⁄2-Bas (1891)
Chapter Four: Rhetorical Dialectics of Robert Hugh Benson's The Light Invisible (1903)
Chapter Five: Rhetorical Dialectics of Robert Hugh Benson's A Mirror of Shallot (1907)
Chapter Six: Rhetorical Dialectics of William Peter Blatty's The Exorcist (1971)
Conclusion: Orienting the Head and Heart
