The Modern Weird Tale - Couverture souple

Joshi, S.T.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 078640986X ISBN 13 : 9780786409860

Editeur : McFarland & Co Inc, 2001

Synopsis

This is a critical study of many of the leading writers of horror and supernatural fiction since World War II. The primary purpose is to establish a canon of weird literature, and to distinguish the genuinely meritorious writers of the past fifty years from those who have obtained merely transient popular renown. Accordingly, the author regards the complex, subtle work of Shirley Jackson, Ramsey Campbell, Robert Aickman, T.E.D. Klein, and Thomas Ligotti as considerably superior to the best-sellers of Stephen King, Clive Barker, Peter Straub, and Anne Rice. Other writers such as William Peter Blatty, Thomas Tryon, Robert Bloch, and Thomas Harris are also discussed. Taken as a whole, the volume represents a pioneering attempt to chart the development of weird fiction over the past half-century.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Researcher, writer and editor S.T. Joshi lives in Seattle, Washington.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: McFarland & Co Inc
• Date d'édition: 2001
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 078640986X
• ISBN 13: 9780786409860
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 288
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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