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Author : Darrell Schweitzer
Publisher : Wildside Press LLC
Release Date : 1988-12-01
ISBN 13 : 1587150085
Pages : 169 pages
Rating : 4.0/5 (15 downloads)
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Author : Darrell Schweitzer
Publisher : Wildside Press LLC
Release Date : 1985-12-01
ISBN 13 : 1587150107
Pages : 156 pages
Rating : 4.1/5 (15 downloads)
Download Discovering Modern Horror Fiction PDF Format Full Free by Darrell Schweitzer and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 1985-12-01 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Release Date : 1989
ISBN 13 :
Pages : 536 pages
Rating : 4./5 ( downloads)
Download Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror PDF Format Full Free by and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive bibliography of books and short fiction published in the English language.
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Author : Matt Cardin
Publisher : ABC-CLIO
Release Date : 2017-09-21
ISBN 13 : 1440842027
Pages : 967 pages
Rating : 4.0/5 (842 downloads)
Download Horror Literature through History: An Encyclopedia of the Stories that Speak to Our Deepest Fears [2 volumes] PDF Format Full Free by Matt Cardin and published by ABC-CLIO. This book was released on 2017-09-21 with total page 967 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This two-volume set offers comprehensive coverage of horror literature that spans its deep history, dominant themes, significant works, and major authors, such as Stephen King, Edgar Allan Poe, and Anne Rice, as well as lesser-known horror writers. • Describes horror literature during different periods, thus helping readers understand the roots of modern horror literature, how works of horror have engaged social issues, and how horror has evolved over time • Connects horror literature to popular culture through sidebars on film adaptations, television shows, video games, and other nonliterary, popular culture topics • Includes excerpts from selected literary works that exemplify topics discussed in the entries that support English language arts standards by enabling students to read these excerpts critically in light of the entries • Prompts students to consider the nature of horror as a genre, the relationship of horror literature and social issues, and how horror literature intersects with mainstream supernatural concerns, such as religion
Author : Darrell Schweitzer
Publisher : Wildside Press LLC
Release Date : 2003-01-01
ISBN 13 : 1592241301
Pages : 192 pages
Rating : 4.3/5 (241 downloads)
Download The Thomas Ligotti Reader PDF Format Full Free by Darrell Schweitzer and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2003-01-01 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ever since the first edition of Ligotti's "Songs of a Dead Dreamer" appeared in 1985, it was clear that here was an author of extraordinary brilliance. Now here is a book about him, a symposium of explorations and examinations of the Ligottian universe by leading critics.
Author : James Goho
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2014-03-06
ISBN 13 : 1442231467
Pages : 234 pages
Rating : 4.4/5 (231 downloads)
Download Journeys into Darkness PDF Format Full Free by James Goho and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2014-03-06 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This single author collection of essays tackles the usual subjects in horror literature—particularly Edgar Allan Poe, Nathaniel Hawthorne, H. P. Lovecraft and Ramsey Campbell—but also examines some of the less well-known names of the genre, including Charles Brockden Brown and Algernon Blackwood.
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Publisher : McFarland
Release Date : 2015-09-23
ISBN 13 : 0786499362
Pages : 389 pages
Rating : 4.3/5 (499 downloads)
Download The Vampire in Folklore, History, Literature, Film and Television PDF Format Full Free by and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2015-09-23 with total page 389 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive bibliography covers writings about vampires and related creatures from the 19th century to the present. More than 6,000 entries document the vampire's penetration of Western culture, from scholarly discourse, to popular culture, politics and cook books. Sections by topic list works covering various aspects, including general sources, folklore and history, vampires in literature, music and art, metaphorical vampires and the contemporary vampire community. Vampires from film and television--from Bela Lugosi's Dracula to Buffy the Vampire Slayer, True Blood and the Twilight Saga--are well represented.
Author : Halbert W. Hall
Publisher : Englewood, Colo. : Libraries Unlimited
Release Date : 1993
ISBN 13 :
Pages : 712 pages
Rating : 4./5 ( downloads)
Download Science Fiction and Fantasy Reference Index, 1985-1991 PDF Format Full Free by Halbert W. Hall and published by Englewood, Colo. : Libraries Unlimited. This book was released on 1993 with total page 712 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Darrell Schweitzer
Publisher : Wildside Press LLC
Release Date : 1992-12-01
ISBN 13 : 1587150026
Pages : 191 pages
Rating : 4.0/5 (15 downloads)
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Author : Darryl Jones
Publisher : Springer
Release Date : 2011-10-04
ISBN 13 : 0230337236
Pages : 262 pages
Rating : 4.2/5 (337 downloads)
Download It Came From the 1950s! PDF Format Full Free by Darryl Jones and published by Springer. This book was released on 2011-10-04 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An eclectic and insightful collection of essays predicated on the hypothesis that popular cultural documents provide unique insights into the concerns, anxieties and desires of their times. 1950s popular culture is analysed by leading scholars and critics such as Christopher Frayling, Mark Jancovich, Kim Newman and David J. Skal.
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Release Date : 1990
ISBN 13 :
Pages : 736 pages
Rating : 4./5 ( downloads)
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Author : Pamela Dear
Publisher : Contemporary Authors New Revis
Release Date : 2000
ISBN 13 : 9780787630959
Pages : 492 pages
Rating : 4.6/5 (787 downloads)
Download Contemporary Authors New Revision PDF Format Full Free by Pamela Dear and published by Contemporary Authors New Revis. This book was released on 2000 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In response to the escalating need for up-to-date information on writers, Contemporary Authors® New Revision Series brings researchers the most recent data on the world's most-popular authors. These exciting and unique author profiles are essential to your holdings because sketches are entirely revised and up-to-date, and completely replace the original Contemporary Authors® entries. For your convenience, a soft-cover cumulative index is sent biannually.
Author : Darrell Schweitzer
Publisher : Millefleurs
Release Date : 1985
ISBN 13 :
Pages : 242 pages
Rating : 4./5 ( downloads)
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Author : David Pringle
Publisher : St. James Guide to Writers Ser
Release Date : 1998
ISBN 13 :
Pages : 774 pages
Rating : 4./5 ( downloads)
Download St. James Guide to Horror, Ghost & Gothic Writers PDF Format Full Free by David Pringle and published by St. James Guide to Writers Ser. This book was released on 1998 with total page 774 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a companion volume to St. James Guide to Fantasy Writers, this volume concentrates "on those types of fiction which may be labelled as horror novels, dark fantasies, ghost stories, gothic novels, tales of terror, supernatural fictions, occult fantasies, black-magic stories, psychological thrillers, tales of unease, "grand-guignol" shockers, creepy stories, shudder-pulp fictions, "contes cruels," uncanny stories, macabre fictions and weird tales."--Editor's note, p. ix.
Author : Michael R. Collings
Publisher : Wildside Press LLC
Release Date : 1985
ISBN 13 : 0930261143
Pages : 190 pages
Rating : 4.1/5 (261 downloads)
Download The Many Facets of Stephen King PDF Format Full Free by Michael R. Collings and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 1985 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A study of King's fiction, including a chapter on criticism and a chronology of King's works.
Author : Harold Bloom
Publisher : Chelsea House
Release Date : 1995
ISBN 13 :
Pages : 240 pages
Rating : 4./5 ( downloads)
Download Modern Horror Writers PDF Format Full Free by Harold Bloom and published by Chelsea House. This book was released on 1995 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides detailed biographies, critical extracts, and bibliographical information on twelve significant writers of horror fiction, including Algernon Blackwood, Walter de la Mare, L.P. Hartley, Shirley Jackson, M.R. James, H.P. Lovecraft, and Arthur Machen.
Author : S. T. Joshi
Publisher :
Release Date : 2005
ISBN 13 :
Pages : 596 pages
Rating : 4./5 ( downloads)
Download Supernatural Literature of the World: P-Z PDF Format Full Free by S. T. Joshi and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 596 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The literature of the supernatural has had a distinguished history over the past two centuries, and the incorporation of the supernatural in literary works can be traced back as far as classical antiquity.
