Hugo Gernsback and the Century of Science Fiction
Examining science fiction author Hugo Gernsback's career, this work explores the many ways in...
EAN: 9780786430796
Leslie Marmon Silko
This companion, appropriate for the lay reader and researcher alike, provides analysis of...
EAN: 9780786448531
Place It Was Done
Locations play an important role in every story, but in British and American contemporary crime...
EAN: 9781476687773
Crisis of Capitalism in the Contemporary Novel
Explores the role of radical ideas in contemporary fiction by nine critically acclaimed authors...
EAN: 9781476692265
Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian Detective Fiction
Presents a compilation of 12 essays on genero negro - contemporary detective fiction in the...
EAN: 9780786424269
Dime Novel in Children's Literature
Many considered the Dime Novel guilty of sending improper messages to impressionable youth....
EAN: 9780786418435
Theology, Religion, and Dystopia
Ancient and modern readers alike turn to dystopian tales and topics in order to make sense of...
EAN: 9781978713314
Latin American Detectives against Power
This book examines Latin American detective fiction and how the genre produces a socio-political...
EAN: 9781793651662
Representing Middle-earth
Analyses J.R.R. Tolkien's narrative form and its relation to social contexts, while also...
EAN: 9780786470372
John Buchan
Scottish politician, statesman and thriller writer John Buchan was a prolific and popular author...
EAN: 9780786434893
Japanese and American Horror
Horror fiction is an important part of the popular culture in many modern societies. This book...
EAN: 9780786496662
Anti-Foreign Imagery in American Pulps and Comic Books, 1920-1960
Demonstrates, via the examination of popular youth literature (primarily pulp magazines and comic...
EAN: 9780786470952
Inklings, the Victorians, and the Moderns
The Inklings, the Victorians, and the Moderns examines a small group of twentieth-century...
EAN: 9781683932291
Author in Criticism
The Author in Criticism offers a comparative analysis of the reception and circulation of Italo...
EAN: 9781683931935
James Sallis
Once described as ‘the best crime writer you’ve never heard of’, James Sallis is a vastly...
EAN: 9781476685489
Secondary Action Heroes of Golden Age Comics
The 1940s saw the birth of many enduring superheroes like Superman, Batman, Captain America and...
EAN: 9781476691527
Bram Stoker and Russophobia
Through its five chapters, this text investigates the role that Russophobia played in the...
EAN: 9780786424078
Horrifying Sex
The Gothic moment in literary history arose in the age of the Enlightenment. This collection of...
EAN: 9780786430147
