On the Pleasures Derived from Objects of Terror

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aesthetic theory text literary essay

"On the Pleasures Derived from Objects of Terror" is an influential 18th-century critical essay that explores why people take aesthetic pleasure in frightening and terrifying experiences, particularly in literature and art.

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On the Pleasure Derived from Objects of Terror	1
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instanceOf	aesthetic theory text ⓘ literary essay ⓘ
addresses	readers of Gothic and terror fiction ⓘ
author	Anna Laetitia Barbauld NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Great Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ
discusses	aesthetic distance ⓘ emotional response to fiction ⓘ imagination ⓘ pleasure in frightening experiences ⓘ terror in art ⓘ terror in literature ⓘ
field	aesthetics ⓘ literary theory ⓘ philosophy of art ⓘ
form	prose essay ⓘ
genre	aesthetic criticism ⓘ literary criticism ⓘ
hasAuthorGender	female ⓘ
historicalContext	late 18th-century British culture ⓘ rise of Gothic fiction ⓘ
influenced	Gothic literary criticism NERFINISHED ⓘ later Romantic-era criticism ⓘ theory of the sublime and beautiful ⓘ
influencedBy	A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful NERFINISHED ⓘ Edmund Burke NERFINISHED ⓘ Enlightenment aesthetics NERFINISHED ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
literaryPeriod	18th-century literature ⓘ
mainTopic	aesthetic pleasure in fear ⓘ aesthetics ⓘ psychology of fear ⓘ sublime ⓘ terror in literature ⓘ
modeOfPublication	print ⓘ
movement	Enlightenment ⓘ
notableFor	account of why fear can be pleasurable ⓘ contribution to theories of the sublime ⓘ early analysis of Gothic terror ⓘ
publicationCentury	18th century ⓘ
relatedConcept	curiosity ⓘ emotional catharsis ⓘ safety in fiction ⓘ suspense ⓘ
relatedWorkAuthor	Edmund Burke NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedWorkGenre	Gothic novel ⓘ

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