Description
Book Synopsis Caitlin R. Kiernan is at the forefront of contemporary gothic, weird and science fiction literature. She has written more than a dozen novels, over 250 short stories, many chapbooks, along with a large number of graphic works. For these Kiernan has won numerous awards. This first full-length look at Kiernan''s body of work explores her fictional universe through critical literary lenses to show the depth of her contributions to modern genre literature.
A prolific and creative writer, Kiernan''s fictions bring to life our fears about the other, the unknown, and the future through stories that range widely across time and space. A sense of dark terror pervades her novels and stories. Yet Kiernan''s fictional universe is not disengaged from reality. That is because she works within the long tradition of gothic fiction speaking to the gravest ethical, social and cultural issues. In her dark fiction, Kiernan illustrates the terror of the tyranny of the normal, the oppression
Trade Review
At once a broad, accessible introduction to Kiernan's work and a valuable resource for scholars and specialists." —Sean Moreland, University of Ottawa
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Preface
A Brief Biography of Caitlín R. Kiernan
Introduction
One. The Call of the Sí: Irish Supernatural Literature and Folklore in the Fiction of Caitlín R. Kiernan
Two. Kiernan Echoes the Literary Decadence
Three. The Figure of the Gothic Body
Four. The Folklore of Awe and Terror
Five. "Warnings to the Curious": Kiernan's Science and Mystery Stories
Six. Haunted Perceptions: Fear and Trembling in Kiernan's Fiction
Seven. Spectral Confessions: The Red Tree and The Drowning Girl: A Memoir
Eight. Dark Futures: Surveying Kiernan's Science Fiction
Nine. Retruthing Steampunk: Kiernan Rewrites American West Steampunk
Conclusion: Caitlín R. Kiernan's Modern Dark Fiction
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index
