Nonfiction and creative nonfiction (memoir, personal essay) preferred. I'm also interested in books that discuss the psychology and developmental stages of fear. Thanks!
John Ruskin in his nonfiction book On Art and Life providesthe idea in Gothic forms. For him Strasburg Cathedral and Westminster Abbey had pure Gothic. For Ruskin the characteristic or moral elements of Gothic are:-
1. Savageness.
2. Changefulness.
3. Naturalism.
4. Grotesqueness.
5. Rigidity.
6. Redundance.
I have researched on fear from the perspective of cultural anthropology. In a rural community in southern Madagascar, where I did ethnographic fieldwork, fear is considered as a moral emotion, an emotion that motivates individuals to embrace the values and norms of their society. See the article "Socializing emotions" on my profile.
Dear Jody,
It seems to me that you could be interested in this interdisciplinary volume:
Plamper, J. & Lazier, B. (Eds.) (2012). Fear across the disciplines. Pittsburgh University Press.
Best,
Pradeep
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