sFear: Gauguin

1904 | Felixstowe

The power of frightening.More

Tips for tourists visiting New York City in 1975.

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Deconstructing Edvard Munch’s famous painting.

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The “Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists” adjusts the doomsday clock.

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Ten visions of the underworld.

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Preamble

Fear, says Lewis Lapham, is America’s top-selling consumer product.

The basis of optimism is sheer terror.

—Oscar Wilde, 1891

Who lives in fear will never be a free man.

—Horace, 19 BC

Worry over what has not occurred is a serious malady.

—Solomon ibn Gabirol, 1050