Lost Souls of Horror and the Gothic

Fifty-Four Neglected Authors, Actors, Artists and Others

Elizabeth McCarthy, Bernice M. Murphy (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

260 Seiten

2016
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-1-4766-6314-2 (ISBN)

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In recent years horror and gothic themes have penetrated mainstream popular culture in a manner unseen since the horror boom of the 1970s. Primetime television viewers who before might not have shown interest in such late-night fare now happily settle down after dinner to watch zombie or serial killer shows. This collection of 54 biographical essays examines many overlooked and underrated figures who have played a role in the ever expanding world of horror and gothic entertainment. The contributors push the boundaries of how we define these terms, bringing into the discussion such diverse figures as singer-songwriter Tom Waits, occultist Dion Fortune, author Charles Beaumont, historian and bishop Gregory of Tours and video game designer Shinji Mikami.

Elizabeth McCarthy is a lecturer in English at Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art Design and Technology in Dublin, Ireland. Bernice M. Murphy is a lecturer in popular literature at the School of English, Trinity College, Dublin, and director of the M.Phil in popular literature degree program.

Table of Contents
Acknowledgments

Foreword: “Welcome to the Island of Lost Souls”

SIR CHRISTOPHER FRAYLING

Introduction

Evelyn Ankers

ELIZABETH MCCARTHY

Morris Ankrum

BILL WARREN

Theda Bara

MARIA PARSONS

Ralph Bates

PETER HUTCHINGS

Charles Beaumont

EDWARD O’HARE

Ingrid Bergman

MARK JANCOVICH

Guy Boothby

AILISE BULFIN

John Buchan

ANNA POWELL

Susan Cabot

TOM WEAVER

Oscar Cook

DARRYL JONES

Marie Corelli

CAITRIONA KIRBY

Aleister Crowley

CLIVE BLOOM

Danielle

CATHERINE SPOONER

Dulcie Deamer

JIM ROCKHILL

Maya Deren

WENDY HASLEM

The Erkenwald Poet

BRENDAN O’CONNELL

John Farris

XAVIER ALDANA REYES

Nicholas Fisk

KATHERINE FARRIMOND

Charles Fort

TANIA SCOTT

Dion Fortune

KRISTINE LARSEN

Charles Gemora

MARK COFELL

Gregory of Tours

PETER DENDLE

Victor Halperin

MURRAY LEEDER

Edward Jerningham

PETER N. LINDFIELD

and DALE TOWNSHEND

Jerome K. Jerome

WILLIAM HUGHES

Skelton Knaggs

JOHN EXSHAW

Alfred Kubin

TRACY FAHEY

Francis Lathom

DAVID PUNTER

Ira Levin

BERNICE M. MURPHY

Jeff Lieberman

JON TOWLSON

Stephen Mallatratt

MADELON HOEDT

Carl Mayer

JIM ROCKHILL

Robert R. McCammon

NEIL MCROBERT

Shinji Mikami

EÓIN MURPHY

Joseph Minion

GEORGE TOLES

Paula Modersohn- Becker

WENDY MOONEY

Fitz-James O’Brien

KEVIN CORSTORPHINE

Sandy Petersen

RACHEL MIZSEI WARD

Leonora Piper

DARA DOWNEY

Edogawa Rampo

COLETTE BALMAIN

Charlotte Riddell

CLARE CLARKE

Philip Ridley

DOUGLAS KEESEY

Regina Maria Roche

CHRISTINA MORIN

Vincent Schiavelli

SORCHA NÍ FHLAINN

William Buehler Seabrook

ROGER LUCKHURST

Sidney Sime

MARIA BEVILLE

Tod Slaughter

JARLATH KILLEEN

Lionel Sparrow

JAMES DOIG

Montague Summers

FRANK FUREDI

Team Silent Hill

EWAN KIRKLAND

Peter Van Greenaway

EDWARD O’HARE

Stephen Volk

JAMES ROSE

Tom Waits

JENNY MCDONNELL

Fredric Wertham

SARAH CLEARY

About the Contributors

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	03.11.2016
Zusatzinfo	15 photos, bibliographies, index
Verlagsort	Jefferson, NC
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	354 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV
	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Kunstgeschichte / Kunststile
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
ISBN-10	1-4766-6314-9 / 1476663149
ISBN-13	978-1-4766-6314-2 / 9781476663142
Zustand	Neuware