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1 online resource (ix, 361 pages) : illustrations |
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LEA's communication series |
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LEA's communication series.
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1. Suspense and the Influence of Cataphora on Viewers' Expectations / Hans J. Wulff -- 2. Keeping Our Selves in Suspense: The Imagined Gaze and Fictional Constructions of the Self in Alfred Hitchcock and Edgar Allan Poe / Garry Leonard -- 3. The Experience of Suspense: Between Fear and Pleasure / Lothar Mikos -- 4. Narrative Tension in Antonioni / Peter Wuss -- 5. The Paradox of Suspense / Noel Carroll -- 6. The Resiliency of Suspense / Richard J. Gerrig -- 7. The Nature of Narrative Suspense and the Problem of Rereading / William F. Brewer -- 8. Cognitive Modeling of Suspense-Inducing Structures in Narrative Films / Peter Ohler and Gerhild Nieding -- 9. Suspense, Predictive Inference, and Emotion in Film Viewing / Ed Tan and Gijsbert Diteweg -- 10. Suspense and Disorientation: Two Roles of Emotionally Charged Literary Uncertainty / Gerald C. Cupchik -- 11. The Psychology of Suspense in Dramatic Exposition / Dolf Zillmann |
| Summary |
This volume begins with the general assumption that suspense is a major criterion for both an audience's selection and evaluation of entertaining media offerings. This assumption is supported not only by the popularity of suspenseful narratives, but also by the reasons users give for their actual choice of media contents. Despite this, there is no satisfying theory to describe and explain what suspense actually is, how exactly it is caused by films or books, and what kind of effect it has on audiences. This book's main objective is to provide that theory by bringing together scholars from diff |
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Notes |
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| Subject |
Suspense in motion pictures, television, etc.
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Suspense in literature.
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Reference.
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Suspense in literature
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Suspense in motion pictures, television, etc.
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Spanning.
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Narrativa.
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Suspense.
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Films à suspense.
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Suspense (littérature)
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Vorderer, Peter
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Wulff, Hans Jürgen
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Friedrichsen, Mike
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| ISBN |
9781136687686 |
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1136687688 |
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9781136687693 |
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1136687696 |
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