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Author | : John Grant |
Publisher | : Usborne Books |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2004-12 |
Genre | : Children's stories, English |
ISBN | : 9780794506162 |
THREE OF THE WORLD'S GREATEST CLASSIC HORROR STORIES, DRACULA, FRANKENSTEIN AND JEKYLL AND HYDE, HAVE BEEN RETOLD FOR TODAY'S READERS, WITH ATMOSPHERIC ILLUSTRATIONS, AN INFORMATIVE INTRODUCTION AND USEFUL NOTES.
Author | : John Grant |
Publisher | : Usborne Books |
Total Pages | : 436 |
Release | : 2004-12 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 9780794506162 |
THREE OF THE WORLD'S GREATEST CLASSIC HORROR STORIES, DRACULA, FRANKENSTEIN AND JEKYLL AND HYDE, HAVE BEEN RETOLD FOR TODAY'S READERS, WITH ATMOSPHERIC ILLUSTRATIONS, AN INFORMATIVE INTRODUCTION AND USEFUL NOTES.
Author | : Editors of Canterbury Classics |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 676 |
Release | : 2017-04-01 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1626869782 |
Curl up with this collection of classic scary stories from the masters of the genre. With dozens of stories of the macabre, fantastic, and supernatural, Classic Horror Tales is sure to keep readers on the edges of their seats. This collection of works by classic writers spans more than a century—from 19th-century trailblazers such as John William Polidori, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Washington Irving to 20th-century masters like Saki, Edith Wharton, and Franz Kafka. The fear of the unknown is a driving force in literature, and the horror genre surpasses all others in bringing this idea to the forefront of the reader's consciousness. A wide range of cultures and classes of society are represented in this volume, reminding us that dark forces lurk all around us—for even in broad daylight, a shadow exists somewhere.
Author | : Stephen Jones |
Publisher | : Applause Books |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2015 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 9781495009136 |
THE ART OF HORROR: AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY
Author | : Edgar Allan Poe |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 238 |
Release | : 2017 |
Genre | : Horror tales, American |
ISBN | : 9781788289511 |
"This collection of chilling horror stories from the maestro of suspense contains nearly 20 of Edgar Allan Poe's best known stories"--Amazon.com
Author | : Angela Smith |
Publisher | : Columbia University Press |
Total Pages | : 356 |
Release | : 2012-01-24 |
Genre | : Performing Arts |
ISBN | : 0231527853 |
Twisted bodies, deformed faces, aberrant behavior, and abnormal desires characterized the hideous creatures of classic Hollywood horror, which thrilled audiences with their sheer grotesqueness. Most critics have interpreted these traits as symptoms of sexual repression or as metaphors for other kinds of marginalized identities, yet Angela M. Smith conducts a richer investigation into the period's social and cultural preoccupations. She finds instead a fascination with eugenics and physical and cognitive debility in the narrative and spectacle of classic 1930s horror, heightened by the viewer's desire for visions of vulnerability and transformation. Reading such films as Dracula (1931), Frankenstein (1931), Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931), Freaks (1932), and Mad Love (1935) against early-twentieth-century disability discourse and propaganda on racial and biological purity, Smith showcases classic horror's dependence on the narratives of eugenics and physiognomics. She also notes the genre's conflicted and often contradictory visualizations. Smith ultimately locates an indictment of biological determinism in filmmakers' visceral treatments, which take the impossibility of racial improvement and bodily perfection to sensationalistic heights. Playing up the artifice and conventions of disabled monsters, filmmakers exploited the fears and yearnings of their audience, accentuating both the perversity of the medical and scientific gaze and the debilitating experience of watching horror. Classic horror films therefore encourage empathy with the disabled monster, offering captive viewers an unsettling encounter with their own impairment. Smith's work profoundly advances cinema and disability studies, in addition to general histories concerning the construction of social and political attitudes toward the Other.
Author | : Tom Weaver |
Publisher | : McFarland |
Total Pages | : 617 |
Release | : 2011-12-20 |
Genre | : Performing Arts |
ISBN | : 0786491507 |
Revised and updated since its first publication in 1990, this acclaimed critical survey covers the classic chillers produced by Universal Studios during the golden age of hollywood horror, 1931 through 1946. Trekking boldly through haunts and horrors from The Frankenstein Monster, The Wolf Man, Count Dracula, and The Invisible Man, to The Mummy, Paula the Ape Woman, The Creeper, and The Inner Sanctum, the authors offer a definitive study of the 86 films produced during this era and present a general overview of the period. Coverage of the films includes complete cast lists, credits, storyline, behind-the-scenes information, production history, critical analysis, and commentary from the cast and crew (much of it drawn from interviews by Tom Weaver, whom USA Today calls "the king of the monster hunters"). Unique to this edition are a new selection of photographs and poster reproductions and an appendix listing additional films of interest.
Author | : Stephen Jones |
Publisher | : Running Press |
Total Pages | : 272 |
Release | : 2005-09-21 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9780786715770 |
Horror: Another 100 Best Books features one hundred of the top names in the horror field discussing one hundred of the most spine-chilling novels ever written. Each entry includes a synopsis of the work as well as publication history, biographical information about the author of each title, and recommended reading and biographical notes on the contributor. Author Ramsey Campbell also offers a new foreword to the book describing the evolution of horror over the past two decades — from the way it's written by a crop of new and exciting writers to the way it's received by a new market of readers. Horror: Another 100 Best Books will be the definitive guide to the tremendous library of horror fiction available today —a reference that no fan can live without.
Author | : H. P. Lovecraft |
Publisher | : Arcturus Publishing |
Total Pages | : 1200 |
Release | : 2017-11-30 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1788882628 |
Spanning the extraordinary breadth of the genre, these terrifying stories are sure to leave you sleeping with the light on for many nights to come. Whether the threat comes from accursed artefacts, supernatural villains, or deadly rituals, there is always some unknowable evil lurking around the corner waiting to pounce. Ranging from the efforts of classic literary writers like Mary Shelley and Robert Louis Stevenson to pulp icon H. P. Lovecraft, these masters of the dark arts knew how to create suspense and an impending sense of dread. Horror fiction found its first connoisseurs amongst the Victorian public. This collection features several of its most accomplished pioneers. Short stories from Mary Shelley, the author of Frankenstein, Bram Stoker, the author of Dracula, and Robert Louis Stevenson, the author of The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, show that some of the 19th century's most revered horror novelists could provide equally terrifying experiences in a shorter form. Other authors such as H. P. Lovecraft, William Hope Hodgson, Pearl Norton Swet, and M. P. Shiel established themselves in the emerging pulp magazines of America in the early 20th century. There, they mastered their craft and provided terrifying thrills for an audience eager for a new type of fiction. Meanwhile, in the United Kingdom and Ireland, writers like Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, E. F. Benson, and M. R. James mastered the classic ghost story. And who can forget Edgar Allan Poe? He devoted himself almost entirely to his poetry and his short stories, and his lyrical style and ability to evoke an atmosphere are unparalleled. includes stories by: Edward Frederic Benson Ambrose Bierce Francis Marion Crawford George Allan England William Hope Hodgson W. W. Jacobs M. R. James Vernon Lee Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu H. P. Lovecraft Arthur Machen Guy de Maupassant Edgar Allan Poe Charlotte Riddell Mary Shelley M. P. Shiel Robert Louis Stevenson Bram Stoker Pearl Norton Swet
Author | : Jonathan Wooding |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Horror tales |
ISBN | : 9781905636112 |
The second volume in the very popular new Bloody Books series of classic horror short fiction