The Palgrave Handbook to Horror Literature

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Corstorphine, Kevin (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Kremmel, Laura R. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Literature-History and criticism.; Literature .; Gothic fiction (Literary genre).; British literature.; Literary History.; Postcolonial/World Literature.; Gothic Fiction.; British and Irish Literature.

This handbook examines the use of horror in storytelling, from oral traditions through folklore and fairy tales to contemporary horror fiction. Divided into sections that explore the origins and evolution of horror fiction, the recurrent themes that can be seen in horror, and ways of understanding h...