![]() ![]() America-the patient-is infected with a psychological virus that fosters a death-worshipping attitude toward existence… Edmundson’s clarity of vision, airtight logic, and captivating prose…succeed in convincing the reader of his thesis… is strongly conversant with classic Anglo-American literature, movies and television. “Edmundson’s book has a simple yet visionary thesis. “Absorbing… The Gothic thrives, Edmundson argues, in a world in which ‘those in authority-the supposed exemplars of the good-are under suspicion,’ a world in which cynicism (‘the conviction that the worst truth that you can come up with about any person or event is the most consequential truth’) is a given… Drawing upon his considerable knowledge of American and European literature, Edmundson does a nimble job of situating the current Gothic craze in context with philosophical developments, while at the same time assessing its social consequences… Nightmare on Main Street is a provocative and often illuminating book. ![]()
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