{"product_id":"blue-light-of-the-screen-claire-cronin-9781913462055","title":"Blue Light of the Screen: On Horror, Ghosts, and God","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlue Light of the Screen\u003c\/i\u003e is a memoir about the author's obsession with horror and the supernatural.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlue Light of the Screen\u003c\/i\u003e is about what it means to be afraid -- about immersion, superstition, delusion, and the things that keep us up at night. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA creative-critical memoir of the author's obsession with the horror genre, \u003ci\u003eBlue Light of the Screen\u003c\/i\u003e embeds its criticism of horror within a larger personal story of growing up in a devoutly Catholic family, overcoming suicidal depression, uncovering intergenerational trauma, and encountering real and imagined ghosts. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs Cronin writes, she positions herself as a protagonist who is haunted by what she watches and reads, like an antiquarian in an M.R. James ghost story whose sense of reality unravels through her study of arcane texts and cursed archives. In this way, \u003ci\u003eBlue Light of the Screen \u003c\/i\u003etells the story of the author's conversion from skepticism to faith in the supernatural. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePart memoir, part ghost story, and part critical theory, \u003ci\u003eBlue Light of the Screen\u003c\/i\u003e is not just a book about horror, but a work of horror itself.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Claire Cronin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1913462056\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781913462055\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Repeater\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/13\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.70h x 5.10w x 0.70d","brand":"Claire Cronin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44047212871935,"sku":"9781913462055","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9bf7ebc9-14c7-4591-84c5-5aa6555d78f8.jpg?v=1684988907","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/blue-light-of-the-screen-claire-cronin-9781913462055","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}