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The Modern Weird Tale Paperback - 2001

by S. T. Joshi


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This is a critical study of many of the leading writers of horror and supernatural fiction since World War II. The primary purpose is to establish a canon of weird literature, and to distinguish the genuinely meritorious writers of the past fifty years from those who have obtained merely transient popular renown. Accordingly, the author regards the complex, subtle work of Shirley Jackson, Ramsey Campbell, Robert Aickman, T.E.D. Klein, and Thomas Ligotti as considerably superior to the best-sellers of Stephen King, Clive Barker, Peter Straub, and Anne Rice. Other writers such as William Peter Blatty, Thomas Tryon, Robert Bloch, and Thomas Harris are also discussed. Taken as a whole, the volume represents a pioneering attempt to chart the development of weird fiction over the past half-century.

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  • Title The Modern Weird Tale
  • Author S. T. Joshi
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 288
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher McFarland and Company, Inc., Jefferson, North Carolina
  • Date 2001-03-08
  • ISBN 9780786409860 / 078640986X
  • Weight 0.87 lbs (0.39 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.04 x 6.08 x 0.65 in (22.96 x 15.44 x 1.65 cm)
  • Ages 18 to UP years
  • Grade levels 13 - UP
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 20th Century
  • Library of Congress subjects American fiction - 20th century - History, English fiction - 20th century - History and
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 00054805
  • Dewey Decimal Code 813.087

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Citations

  • Choice, 09/01/2001, Page 115
  • Publishers Weekly, 11/19/2001, Page 52
  • Reference and Research Bk News, 08/01/2001, Page 243

About the author

Researcher, writer and editor S.T. Joshi lives in Seattle, Washington.
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