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From the celebrity spirit mediums of the nineteenth century to the
TikTok witches hexing the patriarchy, women have long used magic
and mysticism to seize back the power they re so often denied.
Organized around different approaches women have taken to the
occult over the decades creating new magical systems and symbols,
using the supernatural for political gain, seeking fame and fortune
as spiritual practitioners, questioning and investigating
paranormal phenomena, and embracing their witchy identities this
book shines a light on these under-appreciated magical pioneers,
including: Dion Fortune, who tried to marshal a magical army
against Hitler Tituba, the first woman in Salem accused of
witchcraft Joan Quigley, personal psychic to Nancy Reagan Pamela
Colman-Smith, the artist behind the Rider-Waite tarot deck Bri
Luna, the Hoodwitch, social media star and serious magical
practitioner Elvira, queer goth sex symbol who defied the Satanic
Panic. And more mystical women from American history who found
strength through the supernatural and those who are still forging
the way today. Weird sisters are doin it for themselves!
The popularity of such widely known works as "The Lottery" and The
Haunting of Hill House has tended to obscure the extent of Shirley
Jackson's literary output, which includes six novels, a prodigious
number of short stories, and two volumes of domestic sketches.
Organized around the themes of influence and intertextuality, this
collection places Jackson firmly within the literary cohort of the
1950s. The contributors investigate the work that informed her own
fiction and discuss how Jackson inspired writers of literature and
film. The collection begins with essays that tease out what
Jackson's writing owes to the weird tale, detective fiction, the
supernatural tradition, and folklore, among other influences. The
focus then shifts to Jackson's place in American literature and the
impact of her work on women's writing, campus literature, and the
graphic novelist Alison Bechdel. The final two essays examine
adaptations of The Haunting of Hill House and Jackson's influence
on contemporary American horror cinema. Taken together, the essays
offer convincing evidence that half a century following her death,
readers and writers alike are still finding value in Jackson's
words.
The popularity of such widely known works as "The Lottery" and The
Haunting of Hill House has tended to obscure the extent of Shirley
Jackson's literary output, which includes six novels, a prodigious
number of short stories, and two volumes of domestic sketches.
Organized around the themes of influence and intertextuality, this
collection places Jackson firmly within the literary cohort of the
1950s. The contributors investigate the work that informed her own
fiction and discuss how Jackson inspired writers of literature and
film. The collection begins with essays that tease out what
Jackson's writing owes to the weird tale, detective fiction, the
supernatural tradition, and folklore, among other influences. The
focus then shifts to Jackson's place in American literature and the
impact of her work on women's writing, campus literature, and the
graphic novelist Alison Bechdel. The final two essays examine
adaptations of The Haunting of Hill House and Jackson's influence
on contemporary American horror cinema. Taken together, the essays
offer convincing evidence that half a century following her death,
readers and writers alike are still finding value in Jackson's
words.
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The Citadel of Fear (Paperback)
Francis Stevens; Introduction by Melanie R. Anderson
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R346
R283
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Discovering a lost city in the Mexican jungle, two adventurers
embark on a terrifying journey. Disturbing ancient gods and
nightmare creatures, they find a hidden civilization of Aztecs and
bring dark magic into the modern world. With a potent cocktail of
romance, revenge and swampish evil this book is one of the earliest
examples of fantasy and remains an enthralling read. Gertrude
Barrows Bennett, writing as Francis Stevens, is often regarded as
the founder of dark fantasy and was admired by H.P. Lovecraft
amongst many, with some ranking her alongside Mary Shelley in
impact and imaginative power. Flame Tree 451 presents a new series,
The Foundations of Feminist Fiction. The early 1900s saw a quiet
revolution in literature dominated by male adventure heroes. Both
men and women moved beyond the norms of the male gaze to write from
a different gender perspective, sometimes with female protagonists,
but also expressing the universal freedom to write on any subject
whatsoever. Each book features a brand new biography and a new
glossary of Literary, Gothic and Victorian terms.
Shirley Jackson and Domesticity takes on American horror writer
Shirley Jackson's domestic narratives - those fictionalized in her
novels and short stories as well as the ones captured in her
memoirs - to explore the extraordinary and often supernatural ways
domestic practices and the ecology of the home influence Jackson's
storytelling. Examining various areas of homemaking - child-rearing
and reproduction, housekeeping, architecture and spatiality, the
housewife mythos - through the theoretical frameworks of gothic,
queer, gender, supernatural, humor, and architectural studies, this
collection contextualizes Jackson's archive in a Cold War framework
and assesses the impact of the work of a writer seeking to question
the status quo of her time and culture.
Shirley Jackson and Domesticity takes on American horror writer
Shirley Jackson’s domestic narratives – those fictionalized in
her novels and short stories as well as the ones captured in her
memoirs – to explore the extraordinary and often supernatural
ways domestic practices and the ecology of the home influence
Jackson’s storytelling. Examining various areas of homemaking –
child-rearing and reproduction, housekeeping, architecture and
spatiality, the housewife mythos – through the theoretical
frameworks of gothic, queer, gender, supernatural, humor, and
architectural studies, this collection contextualizes Jackson’s
archive in a Cold War framework and assesses the impact of the work
of a writer seeking to question the status quo of her time and
culture.
Edgar Allan Poe notoriously identified "the death . . . of a
beautiful woman" as "the most poetical topic in the world." Despite
that cringeworthy claim, Poe drew creative inspiration from female
authors, and women figure prominently among the artists and critics
fascinated by the writer's creative legacy. A book-length work
about the various ways in which women-Poe's female contemporaries,
scholars, writers and artists, as well as women characters in Poe
adaptations-have influenced perceptions of Poe is long overdue.
Covering a time frame that extends from the mid-nineteenth century
to the twenty-first, this collection features essays about all of
these subjects. One goal of this book is recognizing how women have
helped establish Poe's reputation in the U.S. and abroad. The other
is drawing attention to ways that constructions of womanhood
accepted by Poe are revised in popular culture, a sphere where
artists-in film, fiction, and comics-build on the subversive
potential of Poe's work while exposing its ideological limitations.
Poe and Women will appeal not only to Poe specialists but also to
anyone interested in his ongoing relevance to gender discussions
inside and outside the academy.
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