not sure what henry's question aims at -- is it just the ways in which
these terms are generally used -- a matter purely of convention -- or
something more, like an essential difference between two conditions
a thought: when marlowe says "the horror, the horror" he could not
equally well say "the terror, the terror" because the latter word would
refer to a purely psychological state -- how he himself feels in the
presence of something -- while what he wants to describe is the thing
itself to which he's responding -- that is, he's making a moral, not a
psychological claim
also worth noting that in this instance at least, the recognition of
horror is not in any way connected to fear . . . he doesn't fear what he
sees, but still finds it horrible
a final thought: in leading to a discrimination between horror that
elicits fear and horror that elicits outrage, the word terror may itself
be a very useful key for exploring these maters
mike
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What exactly is the difference between a) horror and b) terror ? Is
one more focused on an external threat than the other? I understand
that in genre discussions, sometimes both terms are used
interchangeably.
Henry
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