AMS 317 - The Fear of God: American Horror from Jonathan Edwards to Cloverfield

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Princeton University

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This seminar explores the evolution of American horror fiction and cinema, from the religious roots in the Puritan sensibility to the present day when horror addresses a somewhat wider range of dreads--including, but not confined to, the traditional fear of damnation. Works selected reflect a constant oscillation between the moral and amoral ends of fear-generation. The seminar will investigate this irresolvable ambivalence about the relative merits of salvation through fear versus fear as a perverse form of entertainment.

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0.00 - 4.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.princeton.edu

Phone Number:

(609) 258-3000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

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Semester

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