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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Daniel Ferreras SavoyePublisher: McFarland & Co Inc Imprint: McFarland & Co Inc ISBN: 9781476689302ISBN 10: 147668930 Pages: 277 Publication Date: 31 May 2023 Recommended Age: From 18 years Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of Contents"Table of Contents Acknowledgments Preface: The Monster in the Keyboard Introduction: The Power of the Real 1. On the Theoretical Front 2. ""The Horla,"" Dracula's Older French Cousin 3. Dracula Inc. 4. Loveless Lovecraft 5. Harry Dickson, Detective of the Impossible 6. In the Zone 7. The X-Fantastic 8. King of the Fantastic 9. One More Nightmare 10. Narrating the Unacceptable 11. Tales of the Unthinkable Conclusion: Persistence of the Fantastic Chapter Notes Works Cited Index"Reviews"Bold, erudite, and well-informed, this original study maps the encounter with the fantastic across two centuries of cultural production. Stoker and Poe rub shoulders with Rod Serling and Stephen King in a tour de force that bridges accepted classics and neglected milestones of popular fiction and core texts of contemporary film and television. The entire narrative opens a window all the key obsessions of the modern and post-modern condition: sex, death, race, identity and more.""—Nicholas J. Cull, University of Southern California" Author InformationDaniel Ferreras Savoye is a professor of French and Spanish literary and cultural studies at West Virginia University. His work on marginalized authors, comic books, detective fiction, popular culture issues and critical theory has appeared in Hispania, French Literature Series, Angulo Recto, The Popular Culture Review and La tribuna. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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