03122nam 2200601 450 991082112860332120170919051320.01-4422-5622-2(CKB)3710000000471141(EBL)4086051(SSID)ssj0001545248(PQKBManifestationID)16134800(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001545248(PQKBWorkID)12925499(PQKB)11225305(MiAaPQ)EBC4086051(EXLCZ)99371000000047114120150720h20152015 uy| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe unique legacy of Weird Tales the evolution of modern fantasy and horror /edited by Justin Everett, Jeffrey H. ShanksLanham [Maryland] :Rowman & Littlefield,[2015]©20151 online resource (267 p.)Studies in supernatural literatureDescription based upon print version of record.1-4422-5621-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 ContributorsThis 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.Studies in supernatural literature.Fantasy fiction, AmericanHistory and criticismHorror tales, AmericanHistory and criticismPeriodicalsPublishingUnited StatesHistory20th centuryPulp literature, AmericanHistory and criticismFantasy fiction, AmericanHistory and criticism.Horror tales, AmericanHistory and criticism.PeriodicalsPublishingHistoryPulp literature, AmericanHistory and criticism.813/.0876609Everett JustinShanks Jeffrey H.1972-MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910821128603321The unique legacy of Weird Tales4016131UNINA