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The Resource Monster, she wrote : the women who pioneered horror & speculative fiction, Lisa Kröger and Melanie R. Anderson

Monster, she wrote : the women who pioneered horror & speculative fiction, Lisa Kröger and Melanie R. Anderson

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Monster, she wrote : the women who pioneered horror & speculative fiction
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Monster, she wrote
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the women who pioneered horror & speculative fiction
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Lisa Kröger and Melanie R. Anderson
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  • Women who pioneered horror & speculative fiction
  • Women who pioneered horror and speculative fiction
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eng
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  • Weird fiction wouldn't exist without the women who created it. Meet the female authors who defied convention to craft some of literature's strangest tales. And find out why their own stories are equally intriguing. Monster, She Wrote shares the stories of women past and present who invented horror, speculative, and weird fiction and made it great. You'll meet celebrated icons (Ann Radcliffe, V.C. Andrews), forgotten wordsmiths (Eli Coltor, Ruby Jean Jensen), and today's vanguard (Helen Oyeyemi). And each profile includes a curated reading list so you can seek out the spine-chilling tales that interest you the most
  • Satisfy your craving for extraordinary authors and exceptional fiction: Meet the women writers who defied convention to craft some of literature's strangest tales, from Frankenstein to The Haunting of Hill House and beyond. Frankenstein was just the beginning: horror stories and other weird fiction wouldn't exist without the women who created it. From Gothic ghost stories to psychological horror to science fiction, women have been primary architects of speculative literature of all sorts. And their own life stories are as intriguing as their fiction. Everyone knows about Mary Shelley, creator of Frankenstein, who was rumored to keep her late husband's heart in her desk drawer. But have you heard of Margaret "Mad Madge" Cavendish, who wrote a science-fiction epic 150 years earlier (and liked to wear topless gowns to the theater)' If you know the astounding work of Shirley Jackson, whose novel The Haunting of Hill House was reinvented as a Netflix series, then try the psychological hauntings of Violet Paget, who was openly involved in long-term romantic relationships with women in the Victorian era. You'll meet celebrated icons (Ann Radcliffe, V. C. Andrews), forgotten wordsmiths (Eli Coltor, Ruby Jean Jensen), and today's vanguard (Helen Oyeyemi). Curated reading lists point you to their most spine-chilling tales. Part biography, part reader's guide, the engaging write-ups and detailed reading lists will introduce you to more than a hundred authors and over two hundred of their mysterious and spooky novels, novellas, and stories
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contains biographical information
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Kröger, Lisa
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illustrations
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non fiction
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Anderson, Melanie
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  • Horror in literature
  • Women authors
  • Horror tales, English
  • Horror tales, American
  • Women authors
  • Horreur dans la littérature
  • Écrivaines
  • Récits d'horreur anglais
  • Récits d'horreur américains
  • Écrivaines
  • authors
  • BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women
  • LITERARY CRITICISM / Horror & Supernatural
  • LITERARY CRITICISM / Women Authors
  • Women authors
  • Horror in literature
  • American fiction
  • English fiction
  • Horror tales, American
  • Horror tales, English
  • Horror in literature
  • Women authors
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Monster, she wrote : the women who pioneered horror & speculative fiction, Lisa Kröger and Melanie R. Anderson
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 296-310) and indexes
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Contents
The Founding Mothers -- Haunting Tales -- Cult of the Occult -- The Women Who Wrote the Pulps -- Haunting the Home -- Paperback Horror -- The New Goths -- The Future of Horror and Speculative Fiction
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1117498353
Dimensions
22 cm
Extent
319 pages
Isbn
9781683691389
Lccn
2019930321
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unmediated
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rdamedia
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  • n
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WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 650
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illustrations (some color)
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(OCoLC)1117498353
Label
Monster, she wrote : the women who pioneered horror & speculative fiction, Lisa Kröger and Melanie R. Anderson
Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 296-310) and indexes
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
  • text
  • still image
Content type code
  • txt
  • sti
Content type MARC source
  • rdacontent
  • rdacontent
Contents
The Founding Mothers -- Haunting Tales -- Cult of the Occult -- The Women Who Wrote the Pulps -- Haunting the Home -- Paperback Horror -- The New Goths -- The Future of Horror and Speculative Fiction
Control code
1117498353
Dimensions
22 cm
Extent
319 pages
Isbn
9781683691389
Lccn
2019930321
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Note
WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 650
Other physical details
illustrations (some color)
System control number
(OCoLC)1117498353

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