num_pages: 239
description: From its beginnings in Puritan sermonising to its prominent place in contemporary genre film and fiction, this book traces the use of terror in the American popular imagination. Entering American culture partly by way of religious sanction, it remains an important heart and mind shaping tool.
language: English
title: Maps of Heaven, Maps of Hell: Religious Terror as Memory from the Puritans to Stephen King
titlecomplete: Maps of Heaven, Maps of Hell: Religious Terror as Memory from the Puritans to Stephen King
genres: History
ratings_count: 14
publisher: Routledge