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Record Nr.

UNINA9910797556403321

Titolo

The unique legacy of Weird Tales : the evolution of modern fantasy and horror / / edited by Justin Everett, Jeffrey H. Shanks

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham [Maryland] : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , [2015]

©2015

ISBN

1-4422-5622-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (267 p.)

Collana

Studies in supernatural literature

Disciplina

813/.0876609

Soggetti

Fantasy fiction, American - History and criticism

Horror tales, American - History and criticism

Periodicals - Publishing - United States - History - 20th century

Pulp literature, American - History and criticism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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.