Studies in the Fantastic (No. 1) - Softcover
The criticism of what H.P. Lovecraft called 'weird fiction' - tales of fantasy, the supernatural, and some instances of psychological suspense or non-supernatural horror - remains at a somewhat rudimentary stage. In part this is a consequence of the relative lack of respect given by mainstream critics to this untidy and potentially subversive genre, but it is also a result of the lack of outlets for criticism or scholarship of weird literature. We hope that Studies in the Fantastic will provide a welcome forum for scholars of various disciplines to probe the history, theory, and aesthetic significance of weird fiction, ranging from the analysis of specific authors and works to broader cultural issues raised by the popularity and dissemination of the genre.
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Editor S.T. Joshi is a leading authority on H.P. Lovecraft, Lord Dunsany, and other authors of weird fiction. Among his recent and forthcoming works are Icons of Horror and the Supernatural (Greenwood Press, 2006), O Fortunate Floridian (University of Tampa Press, 2007), an edition of the collected letters of H.P. Lovecraft and Robert E. Howard (Hippocampus Press), and an edition of Clark Ashton Smith's collected poems and translations (Hippocampus Press). He is working on a comprehensive history of weird fiction.
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- PublisherUniversity of Tampa Press
- Publication date2008
- ISBN 10 1597320463
- ISBN 13 9781597320467
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number1
- Number of pages134
- EditorS.T. Joshi
- IllustratorCurt Liebich
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STUDIES IN THE FANTASTIC: #1; Summer 2008
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Book Description SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Fine. Curt Liebich (illustrator). Trade-sized, perfect bound. Edited by S. T. Joshi. Cover art is "adapted from a pictorial binding" by Curt Lebich. Includes "Editorial" by S. T. Joshi; "Apparitition of a Genre: The Psychical Case Study in teh pre-Modernist British Short Story" by George M. Johnson; "Dark Fantasy and Compulsion in Henrich Marschner's "Der Vampyr" by Robert H. Waugh; "Two Weird Tales: "Passenger Bastion" & "Into Your Tenement I'll Creep" by Jonathan Thomas; "New Verse: "October" by Fred Phillips & "Ancient Echoes (Chaco Canyon)" by Ann K. Schwader & "Recall" by Leigh Blackmore; "The Icy Depths of Robert Aickman's Niemandswasser" by Philip Challinor; "Through the Gates of Darkness": The Cosmopolitan Gothic of J. Sheridan le Fanu and Bram Stoker" by John Langan; "A Spider in the Distance" by Joseph S. Pulver, Sr.; "On the Pleasure Derived from Objects of Terror (1778)" by Anna Letitia Barbauld; "Vintage Vers: Out in the Dark" by Edward Thomas & "The Wharf of Dreams" by Edwin Markham & The Jongleur" by Madison Cawein; "Every Night a Magic Door": An Approach to the Weird Verse of Victor Daley" by Phillip A. Ellis; "Barbarism vs. Civilization: Robert E. Howard and H. P. Lovecraft in their Correspondence" by S. T. Joshi; "Notes on Contributors". Press release laid in. Seller Inventory # PN681
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