Horror literature through history : an encyclopedia of the stories that speak to our deepest fears /: an encyclopedia of the stories that speak to our deepest fears. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Matt Cardin, editor.
• Editors: Cardin, Matt
• Contents: Guide to Related TopicsPrefaceIntroduction: Spookhouses, Catharsis, and Dark ConsolationsTimeline of Horror Literature through HistoryVOLUME 1Part One: Horror through HistoryHorror in the Ancient WorldHorror in the Middle AgesHorror in the Early Modern EraHorror in the Eighteenth CenturyHorror in the Nineteenth CenturyHorror from 1900 to 1950Horror from 1950 to 2000Horror in the Twenty-First CenturyPart Two: Themes, Topics, and GenresApocalyptic HorrorEco-horrorGender, Sexuality, and the Monsters of Literary HorrorGhost StoriesThe Gothic Literary TraditionGothic PoetryHorror AnthologiesHorror ComicsHorror CriticismHorror Literature and Science FictionHorror Literature as Social Criticism and CommentaryHorror Literature in the Internet AgeHorror Publishing, 1975–1995: The Boom YearsHorror Video GamesThe Legacy of Frankenstein: From Gothic Novel to Cultural MythOccult FictionPage to Screen: The Influence of Literary Horror on Film and TelevisionReligion, Horror, and the SupernaturalShakespearean HorrorsSmall Press, Specialty, and Online HorrorVampire Fiction from Dracula to Lestat and BeyondWeird and Cosmic Horror FictionYoung Adult Horror FictionPart Three: Reference Entries (Authors, Works, and Specialized Topics)Aickman, RobertAinsworth, William HarrisonAjvide Lindqvist, JohnAlcott, Louisa MayAlone with the HorrorsAlrauneAncestral CurseArkham HouseAt the Mountains of MadnessBallard, J. G.Barker, CliveBarlow, R. H.Barron, LairdBaudelaire, Charles"The Beast with Five Fingers"Beaumont, CharlesBelovedBenson, E. F.Bierce, AmbroseBlackwood, AlgernonBleiler, E. F.Bloch, RobertBody HorrorBody SnatchingBooks of BloodBorges, Jorge LuisBowen, MarjorieBradbury, RayBram Stoker AwardBrennan, Joseph PayneBrite, Poppy Z.The Brontë SistersBrown, Charles BrockdenBulwer-Lytton, EdwardBurnt OfferingsButler, Octavia E.Buzzati, DinoByron, LordByronic Hero"The Call of Cthulhu"Campbell, RamseyCarmillaCarrion ComfortCarroll, JonathanCarter, AngelaThe Case of Charles Dexter Ward"Casting the Runes"The Castle of OtrantoThe CeremoniesChambers, Robert W.Charnas, Suzy McKee"The Chimney"Cisco, MichaelColeridge, Samuel TaylorCollier, JohnCollins, Wilkie"The Colour out of Space"CommunionConjure WifeCoppard, A. E.Crawford, F. MarionCthulhu MythosDagonThe Damnation GameThe DamnedThe Dark DomainDark FantasyDark GodsThe Dark TowerDatlow, Ellende la Mare, Walter"The Death of Halpin Frayser""The Demon Lover"Derleth, AugustThe Devil Rides OutDevils and DemonsDick, Philip K.Doubles, Doppelgängers, and Split SelvesDraculaDreams and NightmaresThe Drowning Girldu Maurier, DaphneDue, Tananarive"The Dunwich Horror"Ellison, HarlanEtchison, DennisEwers, Hanns HeinzThe Exorcist"The Fall of the House of Usher"Farris, JohnFaulkner, WilliamFearFéval, PaulForbidden Knowledge or PowerFrame StoryFrankensteinGaiman, NeilGautier, Théophile"The Ghost Ship"Ghost StoryThe Girl Next Door"The Girl with the Hungry Eyes"Gogol, NikolaiThe Golem"Good Country People"Gothic Hero/VillainGrabinski, StefanGrant, Charles L."The Great God Pan""Green Tea"The GrotesqueHaggard, H. RiderHaining, PeterHand, ElizabethThe Hands of OrlacHardy, ThomasHarris, ThomasHartley, L. P.Harvest HomeThe Haunted House or CastleThe Haunting of Hill HouseHawthorne, NathanielHearn, LafcadioHell HouseHerbert, JamesHichens, RobertHill, JoeHill, SusanThe HistorianHodgson, William HopeHoffmann, E. T. A."The Horla"The Hound of the BaskervillesThe House Next DoorHouse of LeavesThe House of the Seven GablesThe House on the BorderlandHoward, Robert E.Hubbard, L. RonHugo, VictorHuysmans, J. K.I Am Legend"I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream"In a Glass DarklyIncubi and SuccubiInternational Gothic AssociationInternational Horror Guild AwardInterview with the VampireThe Invisible ManIrving, WashingtonThe Island of Doctor MoreauItVOLUME 2Jackson, ShirleyJames, HenryJames, M. R.The Jewel of Seven StarsJohn Silence: Physician ExtraordinaryJoshi, S. T.Joyce, GrahamKafka, FranzKeene, BrianKetchum, JackKiernan, Caitlín R.King, StephenThe King in YellowKipling, RudyardKirk, RussellKlein, T. E. D.Kneale, NigelKoja, KatheKoontz, DeanKuttner, HenryKwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange ThingsLane, JoelLansdale, Joe R."The Last Feast of Harlequin""Lazarus"Le Fanu, J. SheridanLee, TanithLee, Vernon"The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"Leiber, FritzLewis, Matthew Gregory"Ligeia"Ligotti, ThomasLink, Kelly"The Listeners"Long, Frank Belknap"Lot No. 249"Lovecraft, H. P.Lovecraftian HorrorLumley, BrianThe Lurker at the ThresholdMachen, Arthur"Mackintosh Willy"Mad ScientistMalpertuisThe Manuscript Found in SaragossaMartin, George R. R."The Masque of the Red Death"Matheson, RichardMaturin, Charles RobertMaupassant, Guy deMcCammon, Robert R.McDowell, MichaelMcGrath, PatrickMelmoth the WandererMetcalfe, JohnMeyrink, GustavMiéville, ChinaThe Mind ParasitesMiseryThe Monk"The Monkey's Paw"MonstersMoore, AlanMorrell, DavidMorrison, ToniMorrow, W. C."Mr. Arcularis"Mummies"The Music of Erich Zann"The Mysteries of UdolphoNew WeirdNewman, KimThe Night LandNight ShiftNolan, William F.Northanger Abbey"The Novel of the Black Seal"Novels versus Short FictionThe NuminousOates, Joyce CarolO'Brien, Fitz-JamesOccult DetectivesO'Connor, FlanneryThe October CountryOliver, ReggieOnions, OliverThe OtherOur Lady of Darkness"Out of the Deep"Palahniuk, ChuckPenny DreadfulThe Phantom of the Opera"The Phantom 'Rickshaw"Phantoms"Pickman's Model"The Picture of Dorian GrayPoe, Edgar AllanPossession and ExorcismThe Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified SinnerPsychological HorrorPulp HorrorQuinn, SeaburyQuiroga, HoracioRadcliffe, AnnThe Rats"The Rats in the Walls"Ray, Jean"The Reach""The Recrudescence of Imray"/"The Return of Imray"The ReturnRice, Anne"Ringing the Changes""The Rocking-Horse Winner"Rohmer, SaxRomanticism and Dark RomanticismRosemary's BabyRussell, RaySakiSamuels, MarkSandkings"The Sand-man"Sarban"Sardonicus""Schalken the Painter"Schulz, BrunoSchweitzer, Darrell"The Screaming Skull"SheShea, MichaelShelley, MaryShiel, M. P.The ShiningShirley Jackson Awards"A Short Trip Home""Silent Snow, Secret Snow"Simmons, DanSmith, Clark AshtonSomething Wicked This Way ComesSong of KaliThe Songs of Maldoror (Les Chants de Maldoror)SpiritualismSplatterpunk"Sredni Vashtar"Stevenson, Robert LouisStoker, BramThe Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. HydeStraub, PeterSturgeon, TheodoreThe SublimeSummers, MontagueSurrealismTem, MelanieTerror versus HorrorTessier, Thomas"There's a Long, Long Trail A-Winding""They""Thrawn Janet"Transformation and MetamorphosisTrilbyThe Turn of the ScrewThe UncannyUnreliable NarratorVampires"The Vampyre"VanderMeer, JeffVarney the Vampire; or, The Feast of BloodVathekWagner, Karl EdwardWakefield, H. R.Walpole, HoraceWandrei, DonaldWeird TalesWellman, Manly WadeWells, H. G.Welty, EudoraThe Werewolf of ParisWerewolvesWharton, EdithWheatley, Dennis"The Whimper of Whipped Dogs""The White Hands""The White People"Whitehead, Henry S."The Willows"Wilson, F. PaulWitches and WitchcraftThe Woman in BlackWorld Fantasy AwardWyndham, JohnYarbro, Chelsea Quinn"The Yellow Wall-Paper""Young Goodman Brown""Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper"ZombiesSelect BibliographyAbout the Editor and ContributorsIndex.
• Publisher Details: New York : Greenwood
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource (1072 pages)
• Subjects: 809.38738; History -- Social History; Horror tales -- History and criticism -- Encyclopedias; Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9798216099000
• Related ISBNs: 9781440842016
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