Relates the cultural history of cancer and examines society's reaction to the disease through a century of American life.

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MODERN DREAD is a collection of horror stories that explore what scares people now. With a mixture of timeless fears and modern anxieties, these chilling tales

This collection of essays traces Calvinism's presence in twentieth-century literature and demonstrates its impact as psychological construct, cultural instituti