Helplessness Pins and Buttons
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Description: Sense of rational helplessness or a feeling of no defense against dark powers. Rational security and faith in the beneficence of social institutions are subverted by an overwhelming sense of cosmic dread. Term “eerie” is an understatement for the most exaggeratedly horrific Gothic novels, but in a more subtle chapbook such as “Mystery of the Black Convent,” the term is definitely relevant.
