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xxi, 143 pages ; 24 cm. |
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| Series |
Studies in supernatural literature |
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Studies in supernatural literature.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 135-137) and index. |
| Contents |
Lord Dunsany, or Beauty -- H. P. Lovecraft, or Shock -- Ray Bradbury, or Nostalgia. |
| Summary |
"In Lord Dunsany, H. P. Lovecraft, and Ray Bradbury: Spectral Journeys, William F. Touponce examines what these three masters of weird fiction reveal about modernity and the condition of being modern in their tales. In this study, Touponce confirms that these three authors viewed storytelling as a kind of journey into the spectral. Furthermore, he explains how each identifies modernity with capitalism in various ways and shows a concern with surpassing the limits of realism, which they see as tied to the representation of bourgeois society. The collected writings of Lord Dunsany, H. P. Lovecraft, and Ray Bradbury span the length of the tumultuous twentieth century with hundreds of stories. By comparing these authors, Touponce also traces the development of supernatural fiction since the early 1900s. Reading about how these works were tied to various stages of capitalism, one can see the connection between supernatural literature and society. This study will appeal to fans of the three authors discussed here, as well as to scholars and others interested in the connection between literature and society, criticism of supernatural fiction, the nature of storytelling, and the meaning and experience of modernity." -- Publisher's description. |
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Fantasy fiction -- History and criticism.
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Civilization, Modern, in literature.
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Dunsany, Lord, 1878-1957 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Lovecraft, H. P. (Howard Phillips), 1890-1937 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Bradbury, Ray, 1920-2012 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Modernism (Literature) -- History and criticism.
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Science fiction -- History and criticism.
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Dunsany, Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, Baron, 1878-1957. (OCoLC)fst00048755
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Lovecraft, H. P. (Howard Phillips), 1890-1937. (OCoLC)fst00050179
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Civilization, Modern, in literature. (OCoLC)fst00863110
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Fantasy fiction. (OCoLC)fst00920710
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Modernism (Literature) (OCoLC)fst01024455
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Science fiction. (OCoLC)fst01108566
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc. (OCoLC)fst01411635
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| ISBN |
9780810892194 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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0810892197 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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9780810892200 (ebook) |
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0810892200 (electronic bk.) |
| Standard No. |
40022992312 |
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