{"product_id":"weird-fiction-in-britain-1880-1939-9783030080365","title":"Weird Fiction in Britain 1880–1939","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is the first study of how ‘weird fiction’ emerged from Victorian supernatural literature, abandoning the more conventional Gothic horrors of the past for the contemporary weird tale. It investigates the careers and fiction of a range of the British writers who inspired H. P. Lovecraft, such as Arthur Machen, M. P. Shiel, and John Buchan, to shed light on the tensions between ‘literary’ and ‘genre’ fiction that continue to this day. \u003ci\u003eWeird Fiction in Britain 1880–1939\u003c\/i\u003e focuses on the key literary and cultural contexts of weird fiction of the period, including Decadence, paganism, and the occult, and discusses how these later impacted on the seminal American pulp magazine \u003ci\u003eWeird Tales\u003c\/i\u003e. This ground-breaking book will appeal to scholars of weird, horror and Gothic fiction, genre studies, Decadence, popular fiction, the occult, and Fin-de-Siècle cultural history. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Weird Fiction in Britain is certainly worth reading for any fan or student of the weird\/gothic tale of the 19th century, as the mass of detail that went into this study is overwhelming, … .” (A. Ebert, popcultureshelf.com, March 29, 2019)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Introduction.2. The Weird Fin-De-Siècle and After.3. Shiel, Stenbock, Gilchrist, and Machen.4. Buchan.5. \u003ci\u003eWeird Tales \u003c\/i\u003eand Pulp Decadence.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Springer Nature Switzerland AG","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52085950251351,"sku":"9783030080365","price":37.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9783030080365.jpg?v=1762211544","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/weird-fiction-in-britain-1880-1939-9783030080365","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}