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Humor and Horror
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Pages: 234
Authors: Lena Straßburger
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2022-03-07 - Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

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Despite their opposite emotional effects, humor and horror are highly similar phenomena. They both can be traced back to (the detection, resolution, and emotion
Struwwelpeter
Language: en
Pages: 116
Authors: Barbara Smith Chalou
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2007 - Publisher: Lexington Books

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A recent upsurge in interest in Der Struwwelpeter, written by Heinrich Hoffman has initiated a new wave of spin-offs, parodies, and retellings of these immensel
Laughing to Death
Language: en
Pages: 126
Authors: Tawd B Dorenfeld
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-11-27 - Publisher: Independently Published

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As far as film genres go, two of the most popular and distinct are horror and comedy. So, what happens when you mix them together? You get everything from the s
Comedy-Horror Films
Language: en
Pages: 256
Authors: Bruce G. Hallenbeck
Categories: Performing Arts
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-08-11 - Publisher: McFarland

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Fun and fright have long been partners in the cinema, dating back to the silent film era and progressing to the Scary Movie franchise and other recent releases.
Body Horror
Language: en
Pages: 218
Authors: Anne Elizabeth Moore
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2023-04-18 - Publisher: Feminist Press at CUNY

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Whether for entertainment, under the guise of medicine, or to propel consumerism, heinous acts are perpetrated daily on women’s bodies. In Body Horror: Capita