Evil Roots: Killer Tales of the Botanical Gothic (British Library Tales of the Weird) - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0712352295 ISBN 13 : 9780712352291

Editeur : British Library Publishing, 2019

Synopsis

Strangling vines and meat-hungry flora fill this unruly garden of strange stories, selected for their significance as the seeds of the villainous (or perhaps just misunderstood) 'killer plant' in fiction, film and video games. Step within to marvel at Charlotte Perkins Gilman's giant wistaria and H. G. Wells' hungry orchid; hear the calls of the ethereal women of the wood, and the frightful drone of the moaning lily; and do tread carefully around E. Nesbit's wandering creepers Every strain of vegetable threat (and one deadly fungus) can be found within this new collection, representing the very best tales from the undergrowth of Gothic fiction. Also featuring illustrations by Lauren Forrester.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Daisy Butcher is a Gothic and Horror scholar attached to The Open Graves, Open Minds project. Her research focuses on the monstrous feminine and body horror from the nineteenth century gothic short story to modern film and TV.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

Strangling vines and meat-hungry flora fill this unruly garden of strange stories, selected for their significance as the seeds of the villainous (or perhaps just misunderstood) `killer plant' in fiction, film and video games.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: British Library Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2019
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0712352295
• ISBN 13: 9780712352291
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 288
• Éditeur: Butcher Daisy
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Van Ditmar Boeken, VDB Sales; sales@vanditmar.nl; ; Hondiuslaan 44; Utrecht; 3528 AB; Pays-Bas