The Weird Tale
by S. T. Joshi
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The leading critic of supernatural literature here examines the roots of the "weird tale" (as Lovecraft called it) through detailed examinations of five "founding fathers" of the genre: Arthur Machen, Lord Dunsany, Algernon Blackwood, M.R. James, and H.P. Lovecraft. The result is a thorough study of the art, craft, philosophy, and aesthetics of an enduring genre of fantastic literature.Tags
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S. T. Joshi is a freelance writer, a scholar, and an editor. He is the author of The Unbelievers: The Evolution of Modern Atheism and God's Defenders: What They Believe and Why They Are Wrong, and the editor of Atheism: A Reader, The Agnostic Reader, H. L Mencken on Religion; Documents of American Prejudice; In Her Place: A Documentary History of show more Prejudice against Women; and What Is Man? And Other Irreverent Essays. He is also the editor of the American Rationalist. show less
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- Canonical title
- The Weird Tale
- People/Characters
- Arthur Machen; Lord Dunsany; Algernon Blackwood; M. R. James; Ambrose Bierce; H. P. Lovecraft (Howard Phillips Lovecraft)
Classifications
- Genres
- Literature Studies and Criticism, Fiction and Literature, Nonfiction
- DDC/MDS
- 823.0873809 — Literature & rhetoric English & Old English literatures English fiction By type Genre fiction Adventure fiction Horror and ghost fiction Horror fiction Anthologies
- LCC
- PR830 .T3 .J67 — Language and Literature English English Literature Prose Prose fiction. The novel
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- 100
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- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 4
- ASINs
- 1
