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HORROR LITERATURE THROUGH HISTORY: AN ENCYCLOPEDIA 2V

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<P>This two-volume set offers comprehensive coverage of horror literature that spans its deep history, dominant themes, significant works, and major authors, such as Stephen King, Edgar Allan Poe, and Anne Rice, as well as lesser-known horror writers.</P>

Horror Literature through History: An Encyclopedia of the Stories That Speak to Our Deepest Fears

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Horror Literature through History

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Front Cover.
Half Title Page.
Title Page.
Copyright Page.
Contents.
Guide to Related Topics.
Preface.
Introduction: Spookhouses, Catharsis, and Dark Consolations.
Timeline of Horror Literature Through History.
Horror through History.
1: Horror in the Ancient World.
2: Horror in the Middle Ages.
3: Horror in the Early Modern Era.
4: Horror in the Eighteenth Century.
5: Horror in the Nineteenth Century.
6: Horror from 1900 to 1950.
7: Horror from 1950 to 2000.
8: Horror in the Twenty-First Century.
Themes, Topics, and Genres.
9: Apocalyptic Horror.
10: Eco-Horror.
11: Gender, Sexuality, and the Monsters of Literary Horror.
12: Ghost Stories.
13: The Gothic Literary Tradition.
14: Gothic Poetry.
15: Horror Anthologies.
16: Horror Comics.
17: Horror Criticism.
18: Horror Literature and Science Fiction.
19: Horror Literature as Social Criticism and Commentary.
20: Horror Literature in the Internet Age.
21: Horror Publishing, 1975&#x2013;1995: the Boom Years.
22: Horror Video Games.
23: The Legacy of Frankenstein: from Gothic Novel to Cultural Myth.
24: Occult Fiction.
25: Page to Screen: the Influence of Literary Horror On Film and Television.
26: Religion, Horror, and the Supernatural.
27: Shakespearean Horrors.
28: Small Press, Specialty, and Online Horror.
29: Vampire Fiction from Dracula to Lestat and Beyond.
30: Weird and Cosmic Horror Fiction.
31: Young Adult Horror Fiction.
Reference Entries (Authors, Works, and Specialized Topics).
32: A.
33: Aickman, Robert (1914&#x2013;1981).
34: Ainsworth, William Harrison (1805&#x2013;1882).
35: Ajvide Lindqvist, John (1968&#x2013;).
36: Alcott, Louisa May (1832&#x2013;1888).
37: Alone with the Horrors.
38: Alraune.
39: Ancestral Curse.
40: Arkham House.
41: At the Mountains of Madness.
42: B.
43: Ballard, J. G. (1930&#x2013;2009).
44: Barker, Clive (1952&#x2013;).
45: Barlow, R. H. (1918&#x2013;1951).
46: Barron, Laird (1970&#x2013;).
47: Baudelaire, Charles (1821&#x2013;1867).
48: &#x201C;The Beast with Five Fingers&#x201D;.
49: Beaumont, Charles (1929&#x2013;1967).
50: Beloved.
51: Benson, E. F. (1867&#x2013;1940).
52: Bierce, Ambrose (1842&#x2013;1914?).
53: Blackwood, Algernon (1869&#x2013;1951).
54: Bleiler, E. F. (1920&#x2013;2010).
55: Bloch, Robert (1917&#x2013;1994).
56: Body Horror.
57: Body Snatching.
58: Books of Blood.
59: Borges, Jorge Luis (1899&#x2013;1986).
60: Bowen, Marjorie (1885&#x2013;1952).
61: Bradbury, Ray (1920&#x2013;2012).
62: Bram Stoker Award.
63: Brennan, Joseph Payne (1918&#x2013;1990).
64: Brite, Poppy Z. (1967&#x2013;).
65: The Bront&#x00EB; Sisters.
66: Brown, Charles Brockden (1771&#x2013;1810).
67: Bulwer-Lytton, Edward (1803&#x2013;1873).
68: Burnt Offerings.
69: Butler, Octavia E. (1947&#x2013;2006).
70: Buzzati, Dino (1906&#x2013;1972).
71: Byron, Lord (1788&#x2013;1824).
72: Byronic Hero.
73: C.
74: &#x201C;The Call of Cthulhu&#x201D;.
75: Campbell, Ramsey (1946&#x2013;).
76: Carmilla.
77: Carrion Comfort.
78: Carroll, Jonathan (1949&#x2013;).
79: Carter, Angela (1940&#x2013;1992).
80: The Case of Charles Dexter Ward.
81: &#x201C;Casting the Runes&#x201D;.
82: The Castle of Otranto.
83: The Ceremonies.
84: Chambers, Robert W. (1865&#x2013;1933).
85: Charnas, Suzy Mckee (1939&#x2013;).
86: &#x201C;The Chimney&#x201D;.
87: Cisco, Michael (1970&#x2013;).
88: Coleridge, Samuel Taylor (1772&#x2013;1834).
89: Collier, John (1901&#x2013;1980).
90: Collins, Wilkie (1824&#x2013;1889).
91: &#x201C;The Colour Out of Space&#x201D;.
92: Communion.
93: Conjure Wife.
94: Coppard, A. E. (1878&#x2013;1957).
95: Crawford, F. Marion (1854&#x2013;1908).
96: Cthulhu Mythos.
97: D.
98: Dagon.
99: The Damnation Game.
100: The Damned.
101: The Dark Domain.
102: Dark Fantasy.
103: Dark Gods.
104: The Dark Tower.
105: Datlow, Ellen (1949&#x2013;).
106: De La Mare, Walter (1873&#x2013;1956).
107: &#x201C;The Death of Halpin Frayser&#x201D;.
108: &#x201C;The Demon Lover&#x201D;.
109: Derleth, August (1909&#x2013;1971).
110: The Devil Rides Out.
111: Devils and Demons.
112: Dick, Philip K. (1928&#x2013;1982).
113: Doubles, Doppelg&#x00E4;ngers, and Split Selves.
114: Dracula.
115: Dreams and Nightmares.
116: The Drowning Girl.
117: Du Maurier, Daphne (1907&#x2013;1989).
118: Due, Tananarive (1966&#x2013;).
119: &#x201C;The Dunwich Horror&#x201D;.
120: E.
121: Ellison, Harlan (1934&#x2013;).
122: Etchison, Dennis (1945&#x2013;).
123: Ewers, Hanns Heinz (1871&#x2013;1943).
124: The Exorcist.
125: F.
126: &#x201C;The Fall of the House of Usher&#x201D;.
127: Farris, John (1936&#x2013;).
128: Faulkner, William (1897&#x2013;1962).
129: Fear.
130: F&#x00E9;val, Paul (1816&#x2013;1887).
131: Forbidden Knowledge or Power.
132: Frame Story.
133: Frankenstein.
134: G.
135: Gaiman, Neil (1955&#x2013;).
136: Gautier, Th&#x00E9;ophile (1811&#x2013;1872).
137: &#x201C;The Ghost Ship&#x201D;.
138: Ghost Story.
139: The Girl Next Door.
140: &#x201C;The Girl with the Hungry Eyes&#x201D;.
141: Gogol, Nikolai (1809&#x2013;1852).
142: The Golem.
143: &#x201C;Good Country People&#x201D;.
144: Gothic Hero/Villain.
145: Grabi&#x0144;ski, Stefan (1887&#x2013;1936).
146: Grant, Charles L. (1942&#x2013;2006).
147: &#x201C;The Great God Pan&#x201D;.
148: &#x201C;Green Tea&#x201D;.
149: The Grotesque.
150: H.
151: Haggard, H. Rider (1856&#x2013;1925).
152: Haining, Peter (1940&#x2013;2007).
153: Hand, Elizabeth (1957&#x2013;).
154: The Hands of Orlac.
155: Hardy, Thomas (1840&#x2013;1928).
156: Harris, Thomas (1940&#x2013;).
157: Hartley, L. P. (1895&#x2013;1972).
158: Harvest Home.
159: The Haunted House or Castle.
160: The Haunting of Hill House.
161: Hawthorne, Nathaniel (1804&#x2013;1864).
162: Hearn, Lafcadio (1850&#x2013;1904).
163: Hell House.
164: Herbert, James (1943&#x2013;2013).
165: Hichens, Robert (1864&#x2013;1950).
166: Hill, Joe (1972&#x2013;).
167: Hill, Susan (1942&#x2013;).
168: The Historian.
169: Hodgson, William Hope (1877&#x2013;1918).
170: Hoffmann, E. T. A. (1776&#x2013;1822).
171: &#x201C;The Horla&#x201D;.
172: The Hound of the Baskervilles.
173: The House Next Door.
174: House of Leaves.
175: The House of the Seven Gables.
176: The House On the Borderland.
177: Howard, Robert E. (1906&#x2013;1936).
178: Hubbard, L. Ron (1911&#x2013;1986).
179: Hugo, Victor (1802&#x2013;1885).
180: Huysmans, J. K. (1848&#x2013;1907).
181: I.
182: I Am Legend.
183: &#x201C;I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream&#x201D;.
184: In a Glass Darkly.
185: Incubi and Succubi.
186: International Gothic Association.
187: International Horror Guild Award.
188: Interview with the Vampire.

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