WASTELAND
Copyright © 2018 by W. Scott Poole
First hardcover edition: 2018
All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission from the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.
Frontispiece: Skull by Otto Dix © The Museum of Modern Art / Licensed by SCALA / Art Resource, NY
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Poole, W. Scott, 1971– author.
Title: Wasteland : the Great War and the origins of modern horror / W. Scott Poole.
Description: First hardcover edition. | Berkeley, California : Counterpoint :
Distributed by Publishers Group West, [2018] | Includes bibliographical references.
Identifiers: LCCN 2018021078 | ISBN 9781640090934 | eISBN 9781640090941
Subjects: LCSH: Horror films—History and criticism. | Horror in literature—History. | Horror in art—History. | Psychic trauma—
History. | World War, 1914–1918—Influence. | War and society—
History—20th century. | Civilization, Modern—20th century.
Classification: LCC PN1995.9.H6 P64 2018 | DDC 791.43/6164—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018021078
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Book design by Wah-Ming Chang
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