Fear: Essays on the Meaning and Experience of Fear

Fear: Aspects of an emotion examines the effect of fear on the human experience and the ways in which its manifestation has shaped the creative and social imagination. Contents include: Frank Furedi (U Kent) , Our culture of fear --- Ian Haywood (Roehampton University) , The Irish rebellion of 1798 and tropes of violence --- E. McCarthy (TCD) , AmericanÃ?©?Ã?©?ad culture and war propaganda --- John-Paul Colgan (TCD) , The politics of fear and ethics of representing 9/11 --- Bill DurodiÃ?©?Ã?©¨ (Cranfield U) , Lessons from the Blitz and other disasters --- Darryl Jones (TCD) , The fiction of the American neo-Nazi movement --- Amanda Piesse (TCD) , Childhood fears and children's literature --- Gary O'Reilly (UCD) , Anxiety disorders in childhood and the therapeutic use of stories --- Sir Christoper Frayling (Royal College of Art) , 'TheÃ?©?Ã?©?Nightmare': Fuseli to Frankenstein and beyond --- K. Hebblethwaite (TCD) , Debunking the legend of Leap --- Bernice Murphy (TCD) , Why horror films aren't scary anymore