This work explores the relationship between twenty-five enduring works of horror literature and the classic films that have been adapted from them. Each chapter delves into the historical and cultural background of a particular type of horror--hauntings, zombies, aliens and more--and provides an overview of a specific work's critical and popular reception. Among the print-to-film titles discussed are Frankenstein, Dracula, Doctor Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, The Masque of the Red Death, The Hound of the Baskervilles, The Phantom of the Opera, Psycho, The Exorcist, and The Shining. Film stills illustrate the discussion of the works, and a full bibliography of horror-themed works is included.

How is the android Data like Shakespeare's character Hamlet? Is the vengeful Khan (original series episode ""Space Seed"" and the film ""Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan"") an echo of Captain Ahab in Moby Dick? The links between ""Star Trek"" and literature are vast: themes and characters that reflect those in classic literature; characters that quote literature in their dialog; and an enormous body of nonfiction books, novels, articles that have grown from the saga. Finally, like literature, ""Star Trek"" seeks to help in the human endeavour of understanding the world and its place in the universe. This book explores all of those connections. The Next Generation's Captain Picard frequently quotes Shakespeare. Captain Janeway from Voyager reenacts literature in Holodeck novels. Jake Sisko, son of Deep Space Nine's Commander Benjamin Sisko, becomes an award-winning writer. Beginning with Captain James T. Kirk' first appearance in the original series, then continuing through four subsequent series and ten movies, this book draws parallels between ""Star Trek"" stories and literary classics such as ""Hamlet"", ""Paradise Lost"", ""Ulysses"", ""Dracula"", and the New Testament, and works by the likes of Booker T. Washington, Edgar Allan Poe and William Shakespeare. Appendices list the literary works discussed and the episodes and movies mentioned, each giving the chapters where references can be found.

James Joyce, one of the most important writers of the twentieth century, continues to fascinate readers all over the world. His works illuminate the human condition in a way that many readers find life changing. But he also challenges the reader with a variety of experimental techniques befitting one of the most important artists in the twentieth century movement known as "modernism." James Joyce Literary Companion provides historical and biographical background, plot summaries of the novels and stories, and critical insight helpful for any reader of Joyce's works. Featuring a detailed, chapter-by-chapter discussion of each of the major works, this companion also offers an A-Z guide to the life, works, people, history, and context that informed Joyce's writing. Helpful appendices offer readers a capsule summary of the most important books of Joyce literary criticism and biography, as well as a discussion of the many significant films that have been based on his work.