Exploring The Horror Of Supernatural Fiction

Author : Miranda Corcoran
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429560354
Total Pages : 227 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Exploring the Horror of Supernatural Fiction written by Miranda Corcoran and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-06-02 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Detailing the adventures of a supernatural clan of vampires, witches, and assorted monstrosities, Ray Bradbury’s Elliott family stories are a unique component of his extensive literary output. Written between 1946 and 1994, Bradbury eventually quilted the stories together into a novel, From the Dust Returned (2001), making it a creative project that spanned his adult life. Not only do the stories focus on a single familial unit, engaging with overlapping twentieth-century themes of family, identity and belonging, they were also unique in their time, interrogating post-war American ideologies of domestic unity while reinventing and softening gothic horror for the Baby Boomer generation. Centred around diverse interpretations of the Elliott Family stories, this collection of critical essays recovers the Elliotts for academic purposes by exploring how they form a collective gothic mythos while ranging across distinct themes. Essays included discuss the diverse ways in which the Elliott stories pose questions about difference and Otherness in America; engage with issues of gender, sexuality, and adolescence; and interrogate complex discourses surrounding history, identity, community, and the fantasy of family.

Author : Taylor & Francis Group
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 9781032236551
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Exploring the Horror of Supernatural Fiction written by Taylor & Francis Group and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-12-13 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Centred around diverse interpretations of the Elliott Family stories, this collection of critical essays recovers the Elliotts for academic purposes by exploring how they form a collective gothic mythos while ranging across distinct themes.

Author : Jess Nevins
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 395 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Horror Fiction in the 20th Century written by Jess Nevins and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2020-01-07 with total page 395 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Providing an indispensable resource for academics as well as readers interested in the evolution of horror fiction in the 20th century, this book provides a readable yet critical guide to global horror fiction and authors. Horror Fiction in the 20th Century encompasses the world of 20th-century horror literature and explores it in a critical but balanced fashion. Readers will be exposed to the world of horror literature, a truly global phenomenon during the 20th century. Beginning with the modern genre's roots in the 19th century, the book proceeds to cover 20th-century horror literature in all of its manifestations, whether in comics, pulps, paperbacks, hardcover novels, or mainstream magazines, and from every country that produced it. The major horror authors of the century receive their due, but the works of many authors who are less well-known or who have been forgotten are also described and analyzed. In addition to providing critical assessments and judgments of individual authors and works, the book describes the evolution of the genre and the major movements within it. Horror Fiction in the 20th Century stands out from its competitors and will be of interest to its readers because of its informed critical analysis, its unprecedented coverage of female authors and writers of color, and its concise historical overview.

Author : H. P. Lovecraft
Publisher : Prabhat Prakashan
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 74 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Supernatural Horror in Literature written by H. P. Lovecraft and published by Prabhat Prakashan. This book was released on 2021-01-01 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Supernatural Horror in Literature" is a 28,000 word essay by American writer H. P. Lovecraft, surveying the development and achievements of horror fiction as the field stood in the 1920s.

Author : Brian Righi
Publisher : Llewellyn Worldwide
ISBN 13 : 0738722219
Total Pages : 102 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ghosts, Apparitions and Poltergeists written by Brian Righi and published by Llewellyn Worldwide. This book was released on 2011-10-08 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Skeletal remains rotting behind cellar walls, temple priests removing brains with iron hooks, phantom locomotives roaring across midnight plains—Brian Righi isn't making this stuff up. The ghost stories he finds in history are far more chilling than any Hollywood horror scene. Join the seasoned paranormal investigator on a tour through mankind's millennium-old obsession with death and the afterlife. Ghosts, Apparitions and Poltergeists surveys 4,000 years of hauntings and ghost huntings—from the embalming rituals of ancient Egypt to the Ouija boards and séances of nineteenth century Spiritualism—highlighting a few outlandish tales and colorful characters along the way. Once you've learned the history, launch a paranormal investigation of your own with Righi's guide to modern ghost hunting, full of detailed advice culled from his seven years of experience in the field.

Author : A.R. Braun
Publisher : Mind on Fire Books
ISBN 13 : 1736144723
Total Pages : 81 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Phantom World written by A.R. Braun and published by Mind on Fire Books. This book was released on 2021-08-22 with total page 81 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection explores the bitter feelings of isolation, loss, and denounces religion from various personalities. Here, we will be introduced to poltergeists, newly born ghost-entities learning about the afterlife, and spirits that are stuck in the netherworld. While some of these ectoplasmic beings may come across as innocent at times, their stories unfold in a manner to inform the reader as to why they were not allowed into the heaven, or allowed to have a “peaceful” afterlife. With such harsh karma affecting their transitions, its no wonder why these phantoms have chosen to haunt rather than ascend. They simply can’t. The tales concocted here are tales of tormented souls out for revenge or they are finding ways to fight off the boredom that comes with eternal damnation. So keep the lights on, and don’t read these tales alone. Who knows if you’ll be haunted next, or reach the end of the line? A.R. Braun writes this book from his own personal experiences in dabbling with the occult and esoteric. As horror author of over 14 publications, this collection of ghost stories spans over 9 years of writing experience. And simply put, the ghosts in this anthology are jerks.

Author : Dorothy Scarborough
Publisher : DigiCat
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Supernatural in Modern English Fiction written by Dorothy Scarborough and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-05-28 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Supernatural in Modern English Fiction is a work by Dorothy Scarborough. It explore the roots and history of horror and fantasy literature, providing fans with knowledge of many important authors and books in the genre.

Author : Bill Pronzini
Publisher : BBS Publishing Corporation
ISBN 13 : 9780883656990
Total Pages : 602 pages
Book Rating : 4.9X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Great Tales of Horror & the Supernatural written by Bill Pronzini and published by BBS Publishing Corporation. This book was released on 1988 with total page 602 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With works by Truman Capote, William Faulkner, Joyce Carol Oates, Robert Silverberg, Henry James, Edgar Allan Poe, H. G. Wells, Bram Stoker and dozens more, this is a spellbinding collection of 40 of the best of horror and supernatural tales.

Author : Everett Franklin Bleiler
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 744 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Guide to Supernatural Fiction written by Everett Franklin Bleiler and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 744 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : H. P. Lovecraft
Publisher : Read Books Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1528790340
Total Pages : 84 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Supernatural Horror in Literature written by H. P. Lovecraft and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2020-05-26 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two of Lovecraft’s best essays on the subject of supernatural horror fiction and how to write it. Within these essays, Lovecraft explores the origins and traditions of the genre in Britain, America and beyond with special reference to the most notable movements, themes, motifs, techniques, and writers past and present. A unique little book highly recommended for readers and writers interested in Lovecraft’s literature and writing style. Howard Phillips Lovecraft (1890–1937) was an American writer of supernatural horror fiction. Though his works remained largely unknown and did not furnish him with a decent living, Lovecraft is today considered to be among the most significant writers of supernatural horror fiction of the twentieth century. Contents include: “Supernatural Horror in Literature” and “Notes on Writing Weird Fiction”. Other notable works by this author include: “The Call of Cthulhu”, “The Rats in the Walls”, and “The Shadow Over Innsmouth”. Read & Co. Books is publishing this brand new collection of essays complete with a specially-commissioned new biography of the author.