A Scream Goes Through The House

Author : Arnold Weinstein
Publisher : Random House
Page : 482 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2007-12-18
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780307430465

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A Scream Goes Through the House by Arnold Weinstein Pdf

“For too long we have been encouraged to see culture as an affair of intellect, and reading as a solitary exercise. But the truth is different: literature and art are pathways of feeling, and our encounter with them is social, inscribing us in a larger community.... Through art we discover that we are not alone.” So writes the esteemed Brown University professor Arnold Weinstein in this brilliant, radical exploration of Western literature. In the tradition of Harold Bloom and Jacques Barzun, Weinstein guides us through great works of art, to reveal how literature constitutes nothing less than a feast for the heart. Our encounter with literature and art can be a unique form of human connection, an entry into the storehouse of feeling. Writing about works by Sophocles, Shakespeare, Dickens, Charlotte Brontë, Munch, Proust, O’Neill, Burroughs, DeLillo, Tony Kushner, Toni Morrison, and others, Weinstein explores how writers and artists give us a vision of what human life is really all about. Reading is an affair of the heart as well as of the mind, deepening our sense of the fundamental forces and emotions that govern our lives, including fear, pain, illness, loss, depression, death, and love. Provocative, beautifully written, essential, A Scream Goes Through the House traces the human cry that echoes in literature through the ages, demonstrating how intense feelings are heard and shared. With intellectual insight and emotional acumen, Weinstein reveals how the scream that resounds through the house of literature, history, the body, and the family shows us who we really are and joins us together in a vast and timeless community.

Author : Michael A. Vega
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 127 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2010-01-18
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781462833535

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You Can Scream by Michael A. Vega Pdf

Tim Rosenthal thought he was getting his name back into the music industry. To become the manager of an up-and-coming Goth metal band that was taking off at a steady pace and gaining popularity. There was only one problem. He soon suspected one of them as a serial killer going from town to town killing strangers and leaving his clues behind as the band went on to the next show. With his wife back home with their infant daughter, he wanted to find the answers to his question of who was doing the killing and make it home alive.

Author : Travis Landry
Publisher : University of Washington Press
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2013-01-10
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780295804422

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Subversive Seduction by Travis Landry Pdf

Male-male rivalry and female passive choice, the two principal tenets of Darwinian sexual selection, raise important ethical questions in The Descent of Man--and in the decades since--about the subjugation of women. If female choice is a key component of evolutionary success, what impact does the constraint of women's choices have on society? The elaborate courtship plots of 19th century Spanish novels, with their fixation on suitors and selectors, rivalry, and seduction, were attempts to grapple with the question of female agency in a patriarchal society. By reading Darwin through the lens of the Spanish realist novel and vice versa, Travis Landry brings new insights to our understanding of both: while Darwin's theories have often been seen as biologically deterministic, Landry asserts that Darwin's theory of sexual selection was characterized by an open ended dynamic whose oxymoronic emphasis on "passive" female choice carries the potential for revolutionary change in the status of women.

Author : R.L. Stine
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Page : 143 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2015-02-24
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780545840361

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The Scream of the Haunted Mask by R.L. Stine Pdf

In this spinoff to the New York Times–bestselling Goosebumps series, a tween controlled by a Halloween mask goes to a theme park to escape the terror. What should Carly Beth be for Halloween this year? TERRIFIED! Late at night, an ugly green mask is mysteriously calling out to her, and ugly green masks don’t like to be ignored. If Carly Beth survives the night, even a scary theme park might sound like a vacation. Or maybe not! At HorrorLand, every night is Halloween. And those monster masks she discovers in the gift shop? They aren’t masks.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 532 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1882
Category : Electronic
ISBN : COLUMBIA:0315318508

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Household Words by Anonim Pdf

Author : Johnny Watson
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2015-03-02
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781312960244

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"The Scream That No One Heard." by Johnny Watson Pdf

Tells about in how I had to survive in the Inner City as a child.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1876
Category : American drama
ISBN : UOM:39015070201390

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The New York Drama: no. 25-36 by Anonim Pdf

Author : Stephanie Perkins
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2017-09-26
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781101590027

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There's Someone Inside Your House by Stephanie Perkins Pdf

Now a Netflix Feature Film! “A heart-pounding page-turner with an outstanding cast of characters, a deliciously creepy setting, and an absolutely merciless body count.” –Courtney Summers, New York Times bestselling author of Sadie and The Project A New York Times bestseller It’s been almost a year since Makani Young came to live with her grandmother and she’s still adjusting to her new life in rural Nebraska. Then, one by one, students at her high school begin to die in a series of gruesome murders, each with increasing and grotesque flair. As the body count rises and the terror grows closer, can Makani survive the killer’s twisted plan?

Author : Norah Sadava,Amy Nostbakken
Publisher : Coach House Books
Page : 91 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2017-09-30
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9781770565579

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Mouthpiece by Norah Sadava,Amy Nostbakken Pdf

Winner of the 2017 Toronto Theatre Critics Award for Best New Canadian Play Winner of three Dora Mavor Moore Awards Stage Award for Best Performance, 2017 Edinburgh Festival Fringe Mouthpiece follows one woman, for one day, as she tries to find her voice. Two performers express the inner conflict that exists within a modern woman's head: the push and pull, the past and the present, the progress and the regression. Interweaving a cappella harmony, dissonance, text, and physicality, Mouthpiece is a harrowing, humorous, and heart-wrenching journey into the female psyche.

Author : Sarah Seado
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 652 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2019-10-24
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 1087854008

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The Houses of Lorian Hollow by Sarah Seado Pdf

Southern tradition permeates the everyday life of the Old-Florida town of Lorian Hollow. October welcomes the town's 500th anniversary. To mark the momentous occasion, a slew of ritualistic murders plagues The Hollow. As the bodycount climbs, the mortal Guardians find themselves the victims of the very crimes they are investigating.

Author : Edo van Belkom
Publisher : Jabberwocky Literary Agency, Inc.
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2013-12-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781625670137

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Scream Queen by Edo van Belkom Pdf

Six contestants. One haunted house. And a whole lot of bloody murder. B-grade horror masters the Gowan brothers have devised a new reality TV show with a killer hook. Six contestants compete for the chance to star in an upcoming slasher movie. All they have to do is survive one night in a “haunted” house and be voted Scream Queen. The setting is perfect: a crumbling Victorian mansion with a gruesome history and a former owner who turned out to be a serial killer. Throw in a few buckets of fake blood, a bunch of rubber body parts, and a cast of aspiring actors who’ll do anything for a close-up. An expert parapsychologist even warns the production team against disturbing the house’s dormant spirits. Fantastic publicity. Sure, the budget’s low, but the ratings are going to soar. Then the sun goes down. The cameras start rolling. And all hell really breaks loose... Edo Van Belkom, winner of the Bram Stoker and Aurora Awards, is at his brilliantly twisted best in a novel that’s dark, witty, and utterly terrifying. REVIEWS “Great creepy fun! A post-modern edge-of-your-seat thriller, with enough smarts to know when to scare you and when to make you laugh. Having survived a decade in television, I thought I’d seen it all, but this book is actually SCARIER than meeting a Hollywood Network Executive!!” –Ron Oliver writer/director PROM NIGHT 3 & more “An ominous rollercoaster ride of a ghost story that is at once surprisingly simple and deceptively complex, a novel which exemplifies both the author’s penchant for comic horror and intense terror – not to mention a genuine love of horror movies ... SCREAM QUEEN rocks.” –Rue Morgue “A beach book for the horror crowd. Fun and fast-paced, the book is a terrific read.” –Creative Corner

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1887
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NYPL:33433081660999

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The Sunday at Home by Anonim Pdf

Author : Margee Kerr
Publisher : PublicAffairs
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2015-09-29
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781610394833

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Scream by Margee Kerr Pdf

Shiver-inducing science not for the faint of heart. No one studies fear quite like Margee Kerr. A sociologist who moonlights at one of America's scariest and most popular haunted houses, she has seen grown men laugh, cry, and push their loved ones aside as they run away in terror. And she's kept careful notes on what triggers these responses and why. Fear is a universal human experience, but do we really understand it? If we're so terrified of monsters and serial killers, why do we flock to the theaters to see them? Why do people avoid thinking about death, but jump out of planes and swim with sharks? For Kerr, there was only one way to find out. In this eye-opening, adventurous book, she takes us on a tour of the world's scariest experiences: into an abandoned prison long after dark, hanging by a cord from the highest tower in the Western hemisphere, and deep into Japan's mysterious “suicide forest.” She even goes on a ghost hunt with a group of paranormal adventurers. Along the way, Kerr shows us the surprising science from the newest studies of fear—what it means, how it works, and what it can do for us. Full of entertaining science and the thrills of a good ghost story, this book will make you think, laugh—and scream.

Author : Arnold Weinstein
Publisher : Random House
Page : 465 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2011-02-15
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780679604471

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Morning, Noon, and Night by Arnold Weinstein Pdf

From Homer and Shakespeare to Toni Morrison and Jonathan Safran Foer, major works of literature have a great deal to teach us about two of life’s most significant stages—growing up and growing old. Distinguised scholar Arnold Weinstein’s provocative and engaging new book, Morning, Noon, and Night, explores classic writing’s insights into coming-of-age and surrendering to time, and considers the impact of these revelations upon our lives. With wisdom, humor, and moving personal observations, Weinstein leads us to look deep inside ourselves and these great books, to see how we can use art as both mirror and guide. He offers incisive readings of seminal novels about childhood—Huck Finn’s empathy for the runaway slave Jim illuminates a child’s moral education; Catherine and Heathcliff’s struggle with obsessive passion in Wuthering Heights is hauntingly familiar to many young lovers; Dickens’s Pip, in Great Expectations, must grapple with a world that wishes him harm; and in Marjane Satrapi’s autobiographical Persepolis, little Marjane faces a different kind of struggle—growing into adolescence as her country moves through the pain of the Iranian Revolution. In turn, great writers also ponder the lessons learned in life’s twilight years: both King Lear and Willy Loman suffer as their patriarchal authority collapses and death creeps up; Brecht’s Mother Courage displays the inspiring indomitability of an aging woman who has “borne every possible blow. . . but is still standing, still moving.” And older love can sometimes be funny (Rip Van Winkle conveniently sleeps right through his marriage) and sometimes tragic (as J. M. Coetzee’s David Lurie learns the hard way, in Disgrace). Tapping into the hearts and minds of memorable characters, from Sophocles’ Oedipus to Artie in Art Spiegelman’s Maus, Morning, Noon, and Night makes an eloquent and powerful case for the role of great literature as a knowing window into our lives and times. Its intelligence, passion, and genuine appreciation for the written word remind us just how crucial books are to the business of being human.

Author : Mark Z. Danielewski
Publisher : Pantheon
Page : 738 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2000-03-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780375420528

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House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski Pdf

“A novelistic mosaic that simultaneously reads like a thriller and like a strange, dreamlike excursion into the subconscious.” —The New York Times Years ago, when House of Leaves was first being passed around, it was nothing more than a badly bundled heap of paper, parts of which would occasionally surface on the Internet. No one could have anticipated the small but devoted following this terrifying story would soon command. Starting with an odd assortment of marginalized youth -- musicians, tattoo artists, programmers, strippers, environmentalists, and adrenaline junkies -- the book eventually made its way into the hands of older generations, who not only found themselves in those strangely arranged pages but also discovered a way back into the lives of their estranged children. Now this astonishing novel is made available in book form, complete with the original colored words, vertical footnotes, and second and third appendices. The story remains unchanged, focusing on a young family that moves into a small home on Ash Tree Lane where they discover something is terribly wrong: their house is bigger on the inside than it is on the outside. Of course, neither Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist Will Navidson nor his companion Karen Green was prepared to face the consequences of that impossibility, until the day their two little children wandered off and their voices eerily began to return another story -- of creature darkness, of an ever-growing abyss behind a closet door, and of that unholy growl which soon enough would tear through their walls and consume all their dreams.