Proceedings of the first International Colin Wilson conference : University of Nottingham, July 1, 2016 / edited by Colin Stanley.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Stanley, Colin, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wilson, Colin, 1931-2013.

Wilson, Colin.

Wilson, Colin, 1931-2013--Criticism and interpretation.

Wilson, Colin,-1931-2013.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (179 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2017.

Summary:

When the archive of the English philosopher and polymath Colin Wilson (1931-2013) was opened at the University of Nottingham, UK, in the summer of 2011, it was agreed among those present that a Conference should be arranged there to discuss his work. 2016 was mooted as an appropriate date coinciding with the sixtieth anniversary of the publication of his first (and still most famous) book, The Outsider; a book that has remained in print since publication day in May 1956 and now been translated into well over 30 languages.This volume contains the transcripts of the papers presented at that inaugural one-day conference on July 1, 2016. Experts, scholars and fans, from around the globe, gathered to hear and present papers on a variety of Wilson-related topics ranging from Existentialism to the Occult; from H.P. Lovecraft to Jack the Ripper; and from Science Fiction to Transcendental Evolution.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Acknowledgement

Introduction

The Colin Wilson Audio Archive

Lovecraft and the Search for Meaning

Colin Wilson: Researching Jack the Ripper

Colin Wilson and 'Dread of Being'

A Ritual for Outsiders

The Light Barrier

'Faculty X' and Other Times and Places

Colin Wilson's Transcendental Theory of Evolution

Appendix

Notes on Contributors.

Notes:

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ISBN:

1-4438-9335-8

OCLC:

990480883