{"product_id":"clive-barker-dark-imaginer-9780719096921","title":"Clive Barker Dark Imaginer","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA necessary and timely study of Barker’s influence in dark fantasy, gothic and horror studies. The book features twelve groundbreaking essays on Barker’s creative legacy and influence, and reevaluates his celebrated and lesser known works in fiction, film and visual art, from the \u003ci\u003eBooks of Blood\u003c\/i\u003e (1984–85) to \u003ci\u003eThe Scarlet Gospels\u003c\/i\u003e (2015).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'No less boundary-crossing and boundary-pushing than the \u003ci\u003efantastique \u003c\/i\u003eoeuvre of its subject matter, Sorcha Ní Fhlainn’s edited collection ranges superbly across Clive Barker’s dark fiction, films, fandom, theme park experiences, action figures, and \"anti-horror\". It is unafraid to provoke critical debate, alert to established ways of reading Barker, and sometimes even wary of the entrapping danger of a celebratory blurb or endorsement. But have no fear, because I have seen the future of scholarly work on Clive Barker… and its name is \u003ci\u003eDark Imaginer\u003c\/i\u003e.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eProfessor Matt Hills, author of \u003ci\u003eFan Cultures\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Pleasures of Horror\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eThis collection of essays provides a fascinating account of the work of writer, director and artist Clive Barker. Barker emerges as an important, complex and challenging figure whose fantasy-based outputs across various media forms are capable of sustaining a range of critical approaches and treatments.  It might be argued that the most significant and influential part of Barker’s career lies in the 1980s and 1990s, but the collection also finds interesting and provocative things to say about the work done by Barker since that period. I do not doubt that \u003ci\u003eClive Barker – Dark Imaginer \u003c\/i\u003ewill find its place in the burgeoning fantasy, gothic and horror studies scene.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePeter Hutchings, Professor of Film Studies, Northumbria University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e‘All in all, Dark Imaginer fills the gap in the academictreatment of Barker’s works and gives a good overview of his beauty marks,warts and all.’\u003cbr\u003eDejan Ognjanovic, Ninth Circle\u003c\/p\u003e -- .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: ‘To darken the day and brighten the night’: Clive Barker, dark imaginer – Sorcha Ní Fhlainn\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: Origins\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1 ‘Visions of another Albion’: the \u003ci\u003eBooks of Blood\u003c\/i\u003e and the horror of 1980s Britain – Darryl Jones\u003cbr\u003e2 ‘Marks of weakness, marks of woe’: the\u003ci\u003e Books of Blood\u003c\/i\u003e and the transformation of the weird – Kevin Corstorphine\u003cbr\u003e3 When fantasy becomes reality: social commentary of 1980s Britain in Clive Barker’s \u003ci\u003eWeaveworld \u003c\/i\u003e­– Edward Timothy Wallington\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: Screening Barker\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e4 The joyless magic of \u003ci\u003eLord of Illusions\u003c\/i\u003e – Harvey O’Brien\u003cbr\u003e5 Drawing (to) fear and horror:  into the frame of Clive Barker’s \u003ci\u003eThe Midnight Meat Train\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDread\u003c\/i\u003e comic and film adaptations – Bernard Perron\u003cbr\u003e6 Beauty, pain and desire: gothic aesthetics and feminine identification in the filmic adaptations of Clive Barker – Brigid Cherry\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III: Labyrinths of desire\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e7 Clive Barker's queer monsters: exploring transgression, sexuality and the other – Mark Richard Adams\u003cbr\u003e8 Breaking through the canvas: towards a definition of (meta)cultural blackness in the fantasies of Clive Barker – Tony M. Vinci\u003cbr\u003e9 ‘A far more physical experience than the cinema affords’: Clive Barker’s Halloween Horror Nights and brand authorship – Gareth James\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV: Legacy\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e10 ‘What price wonderland?’: Clive Barker and the spectre of realism – Daragh Downes\u003cbr\u003e11 Clive Barker’s late (anti-)horror fiction: \u003ci\u003eTortured Souls\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMister B. Gone\u003c\/i\u003e’s new myths of the flesh – Xavier Aldana Reyes\u003cbr\u003e12 The Devil and Clive Barker: Faustian bargains and gothic filigree – Sorcha Ní Fhlainn\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Manchester University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51037354197335,"sku":"9780719096921","price":81.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780719096921.jpg?v=1750935415","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/clive-barker-dark-imaginer-9780719096921","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}