β Greg Egan
π Fiction
π
2010
π UND
β 28 KB
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Journeys into Darkness
β Scribed by James Goho
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
- Year
- 2012
- Tongue
- en-us
- Weight
- 203 KB
- Category
- Fiction
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
The tradition of supernatural horror fiction runs deep in Anglo-American literature. From the Gothic novels of the eighteenth century to such contemporary authors as Stephen King and Anne Rice, writers have employed horror fiction to unearth many disquieting truths about the human condition, ranging from mistreatment of women and minorities to the ever-present dangers of modern city life.
In Journeys into Darkness: Critical Essays on Gothic Horror, James Goho analyzes many significant writers and trends in American and British horror fiction. Beginning with Charles Brockden Brown's disturbing novels of terror and madness, Goho proceeds to discuss the influence of Edgar Allan Poe's "The Fall of the House of Usher" on H. P. Lovecraft, who is treated in several penetrating essays. Lovecraft was a uniquely philosophical writer, and Goho approaches his work through the lens of existentialist philosopher SΓΈren Kierkegaard, while also probing Lovecraft's racism as exhibited...
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