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Weird Fiction in Britain 1880-1939

Hardcover • 2018 • 1. edition

Weird Fiction in Britain 1880-1939

By James Machin

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About the book

This book is the first study of how `weird fiction' emerged from Victorian supernatural literature, abandoning the more conventional Gothic horrors of the past for the contemporary weird tale. It investigates the careers and fiction of a range of the British writers who inspired H. P. Lovecraft, such as Arthur Machen, M. P. Shiel, and John Buchan, to shed light on the tensions between `literary' and `genre' fiction that continue to this day. Weird Fiction in Britain 1880-1939 focuses on the key ...Show more

Horror and supernatural fiction

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ISBN

9783319905266

Publisher

Springer International Publishing AG

Published year

2018

Language

Edition

1

Original title

Weird Fiction in Britain 1880-1939

Format

Hardcover

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