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The unique legacy of Weird Tales : the evolution of modern fantasy and horror / edited by Justin Everett, Jeffrey H. Shanks.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Studies in supernatural literature.
- Studies in supernatural literature
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Weird tales.
- Fantasy fiction, American--History and criticism.
- Fantasy fiction, American.
- Horror tales, American--History and criticism.
- Horror tales, American.
- Periodicals--Publishing--United States--History--20th century.
- Periodicals.
- Pulp literature, American--History and criticism.
- Pulp literature, American.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (267 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham [Maryland] : Rowman & Littlefield, [2015]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This volume collects critical essays that provide a broader understanding of the magazine Weird Tales and its authors, artists, readers, and editorial practices, as well as the larger impact that the periodical had on popular culture and genre fiction. In particular, these essays explain why Weird Tales deserved its subtitle "The Unique Magazine" and why works by some of its authors have endured.
- Contents:
- Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I: The Unique Magazine: Weird Tales, Modernism, and Genre Formation; 1 "Something That Swayed as If in Unison"; 2 Weird Modernism; 3 The Lovecraft Circle and the "Weird Class"; 4 Strange Collaborations; 5 Gothic to Cosmic; Part II: Eich-Pi-El and Two-Gun Bob: Lovecraft and Howard in Weird Tales; 6 A Nameless Horror; 7 Great Phallic Monoliths; 8 Evolutionary Otherness; 9 Eugenic Thought in the Works of Robert E. Howard; Part III: Masters of the Weird: Other Authors of Weird Tales; 10 Pegasus Unbridled; 11 "A Round Cipher"
- 12 C. L. Moore, M. Brundage, and Jirel of Joiry13 Psycho-ology 101; 14 "To Hell and Gone"; Index; About the Editors and Contributors
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-4422-5622-2
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