Shaping Fear: What Tales and Images of Horror Tell Us about Ourselves |
October 22, 2018The Woman in Black has kept London’s West End audiences on the edge of their seats for the past 28 years, but what makes this ghost story so thrilling? Acclaimed USC professor of English and Literature, Leo Braudy, explores what makes us afraid and why we seek experiences that strike fear deep in our bones while examining images and icons that appear in popular culture generation after generation.
Please Note: This PlayhouseTalk takes place at Boston Court Performing Arts Center.
October 22, 2018 7:30PM
Boston Court Performing Arts Center
Marjorie Branson Performance Space
70 N Mentor Ave
Pasadena, CA
About
Leo Braudy
Leo Braudy is University Professor and Bing Professor of English and American Literature at USC. A cultural historian and film critic, he is the author of ten books, including The Frenzy of Renown: Fame and its History and From Chivalry to Terrorism: War and the Changing Nature of Masculinity. He also co-edits the widely used anthology Film Theory and Criticism, whose eighth edition appeared in 2016. His most recent book is Haunted, a study of the cultural shapes of fear from the religious conflicts of the Reformation to modern horror literature and film. Its paperback edition has been published this month.
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