Carnography

[Paul McFedries]

I'm trying to track down the first use of "carnography," which I define as
writing, films, images, or other material that contain scenes of carnage or
other violent content. Here's what I have so far:

One critic labeled Mr. Morrell's 1972 novel, "First Blood," carnography.
--Robert Johnson, "'Commercialism' Imperils an Ivory Tower," The Wall Street
Journal, June 15, 1984

Here's another hint:

David Morrell, father of Rambo and exponent of a brand of writing which Time
magazine called 'carnography,' is visiting Britain to publicise his latest
book, The Fraternity of the Stone.
--"A little bad blood," The Guardian, March 25, 1986

So it's possible that the unnamed "critic" in the WSJ citation is the Time
magazine source. Maddeningly, Time's archive only goes back to 1985. Does
anyone know of any database that includes earlier Time articles?

Thanks.

Paul