"Deeply personal and unique, this experimental memoir melds a lifelong obsession with the supernatural with critical theory to create a work of horror in its own right."
“A true ghost story about watching ghosts on screens,” as author Claire Cronin sets out in her introduction, Blue Light of the Screen: On Horror, Ghosts, and God presents a fascinating blend of personal memoir, passion for the horror genre, and critical insights.
The book’s episodic structure interweaves the author’s story - how she grew up in a committed Catholic household, how she battled depression, her experiences of grief and hauntings – with her thoughts on cultural theorists and philosophers like Derrida, Kristeva and McLuhan.
At once raw and ethereal, the writing is as compelling and shifting as a supernatural chiller — “If this is a memoir, it’s a memoir of a mood. If this is a story, it’s a ghost story. If this is philosophy, it’s about the spectral interchange between seeing and believing” — making it a satisfying experience for readers who share the author’s obsession for the genre, and students of critical theory.
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