Clive Barker : dark imaginer / edited by Sorcha Ní Fhlainn.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ní Fhlainn, Sorcha, 1980- editor.

Series:

Manchester Gothic (Manchester, England).

Manchester Gothic

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Barker, Clive, 1952---Criticism and interpretation.

Barker, Clive.

Horror films--History and criticism.

Horror films.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 246 pages) : illustrations (black and white), digital, PDF file(s)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2017.

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

This is a necessary and timely study of Barker's influence in dark fantasy, gothic, and horror studies. The book features twelve essays on Barker's creative legacy and influence, and re-evaluates his celebrated and lesser known works in fiction, film and visual art, from the 'Books of Blood' (1984-85) to 'The Scarlet Gospels' (2015).

Contents:

Introduction: 'To darken the day and brighten the night': Clive Barker, dark imaginer

Sorcha Ní Fhlainn<b>Part I: Origins</b>1 'Visions of another Albion': the <i>Books of Blood</i> and the horror of 1980s Britain

Darryl Jones

2 'Marks of weakness, marks of woe': the<i> Books of Blood</i> and the transformation of the weird

Kevin Corstorphine

3 When fantasy becomes reality: social commentary of 1980s Britain in Clive Barker's <i>Weaveworld </i>­- Edward Timothy Wallington<b>Part II: Screening Barker</b>4 The joyless magic of <i>Lord of Illusions</i>

Harvey O'Brien

5 Drawing (to) fear and horror: into the frame of Clive Barker's <i>The Midnight Meat Train</i> and <i>Dread</i> comic and film adaptations

Bernard Perron

6 Beauty, pain and desire: gothic aesthetics and feminine identification in the filmic adaptations of Clive Barker

Brigid Cherry<b>Part III: Labyrinths of desire</b>7 Clive Barker's queer monsters: exploring transgression, sexuality and the other

Mark Richard Adams

8 Breaking through the canvas: towards a definition of (meta)cultural blackness in the fantasies of Clive Barker

Tony M. Vinci

9 'A far more physical experience than the cinema affords': Clive Barker's Halloween Horror Nights and brand authorship

Gareth James<b>Part IV: Legacy</b>10 'What price wonderland?': Clive Barker and the spectre of realism

Daragh Downes

11 Clive Barker's late (anti-)horror fiction: <i>Tortured Souls</i> and <i>Mister B. Gone</i>'s new myths of the flesh

Xavier Aldana Reyes

12 The Devil and Clive Barker: Faustian bargains and gothic filigree

Sorcha Ní Fhlainn

Index.

Notes:

Available through ManchesterHive.

In-house editor: Matthew Frost.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on April 10, 2026).

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9781526135698

1526135698

9781526122087

1526122081

OCLC:

1155125579