Maps of heaven, maps of hell : religious terror as memory from the Puritans to Stephen King

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Maps of heaven, maps of hell : religious terror as memory from the Puritans to Stephen King

Title remainder

religious terror as memory from the Puritans to Stephen King

Statement of responsibility

Edward J. Ingebretsen

Creator

• Ingebretsen, Edward J., 1950-

Subject

• Christianity and literature
• Criticism, interpretation, etc
• Fiction -- Religious aspects | Christianity
• Gothic revival (Literature) -- English-speaking countries
• Gothic revival (Literature) -- United States
• American fiction -- English influences
• Hell in literature
• Horror tales, American -- History and criticism
• Memory in literature
• Puritan movements in literature
• Heaven in literature

Genre

• Criticism, interpretation, etc

Language

eng

Summary

Puritan theology maintained the "men need to be terrified, so that they may be converted." Yet the fear of self-loss at the heart of religious conversion was, oddly enough, similar to the fear provoked by witchery and demonic possession. Thus terror entered American culture partly by way of religious sanction, and it continues to be an important social tool for the shaping of hearts and minds. This book defines the use of terror in the American popular imagination from its beginnings in Puritan sermonizing to its prominent place in contemporary genre film and fiction

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

813/.0873809

Index

index present

LC call number

PS374.H67

LC item number

I54 1996

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography