Screams of reason

by David J. Skal

1998 368 pages eng

Horror films, history and criticism Horror films New York Times reviewed History and criticism

In Screams of Reason, David J. Skal explores our perennial fascination with demented doctors, crazed clinicians, and technology-obsessed fiends. From nineteenth-century Romantic literature to Dr. Strangelove and Hannibal Lecter, the mad scientist proves himself to be a figure of myriad masks and gui…

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