{"product_id":"caitlin-r-kiernan-9781476680897","title":"Caitlin R. Kiernan","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e   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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e   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 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt once a broad, accessible introduction to Kiernan's work and a valuable resource for scholars and specialists.\" —Sean Moreland, University of Ottawa\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003eA Brief Biography of Caitlín R. Kiernan\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003eOne. The Call of the Sí: Irish Supernatural Literature and Folklore in the Fiction of Caitlín R. Kiernan\u003cbr\u003eTwo. Kiernan Echoes the Literary Decadence\u003cbr\u003eThree. The Figure of the Gothic Body\u003cbr\u003eFour. The Folklore of Awe and Terror\u003cbr\u003eFive. \"Warnings to the Curious\": Kiernan's Science and Mystery Stories\u003cbr\u003eSix. Haunted Perceptions: Fear and Trembling in Kiernan's Fiction\u003cbr\u003eSeven. Spectral Confessions: The Red Tree and The Drowning Girl: A Memoir\u003cbr\u003eEight. Dark Futures: Surveying Kiernan's Science Fiction\u003cbr\u003eNine. Retruthing Steampunk: Kiernan Rewrites American West Steampunk\u003cbr\u003eConclusion: Caitlín R. Kiernan's Modern Dark Fiction\u003cbr\u003eChapter Notes\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"McFarland \u0026 Co Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51040473645399,"sku":"9781476680897","price":20.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781476680897.jpg?v=1750946870","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/caitlin-r-kiernan-9781476680897","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}