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Lost Souls of Horror and the Gothic - Fifty-Four Neglected Authors, Actors, Artists and Others (Paperback)
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Lost Souls of Horror and the Gothic - Fifty-Four Neglected Authors, Actors, Artists and Others (Paperback)
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Horror and Gothic in all of their various forms have penetrated the
cultural mainstream in a manner unseen since the last horror boom
in mid/late 1970s; even people who would never before have
entertained an interest in such dark genres are now happily
settling down to watch zombie- and serial killer-related TV shows
after the family dinner. This unique collection of 54 short
biographical essays, by scholars and experts, brings together a
vast array of figures who have played a role in the ever-expanding
world of Gothic and Horror. However, you won't find the usual
suspects here. Names such as Bram Stoker, Vincent Price, and
Stephen King are notably absent. Such titans of terror have
received and continue to receive prominent attention in all manner
of publications. This collection, instead, focuses on those
underrated or overlooked people whom our contributors persuasively
argue are deserving of acknowledgement or reappraisal.
Stimulatingly eclectic, the essays muse and enthuse on figures as
diverse as American singer-songwriter, Tom Waits; British occultist
and author, Dion Fortune; American author and scriptwriter, Charles
Beaumont; Gallo-Roman historian and Bishop, Gregory of Tours;
British gothic novelist and playwright, Francis Lathom; Japanese
video game designer, Shinji Mikami; English stage and film actor,
Skelton Knaggs; 19th-century Irish novelist, Charlotte Riddell; and
Russian-born American experimental filmmaker, Maya Deren.
Informative and entertaining, these essays expand, enrich (and, at
times, challenge) the boundaries of what we actually define as
Gothic and Horror. They celebrate the wide variety of talented
individuals whose participation in Gothic and Horror's ongoing
evolution has been unjustly overlooked...until now.
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