Century of Weird Fiction, 1832-1937 - Disgust, Metaphysics, and the Aesthetics of Cosmic Horror

Klappentext A Century of Weird Fiction, 1832-1937 explores the intersections between weird fiction, aesthetics and philosophy, arguing that the feelings of horror that weird fiction provokes can suggest surprising insights about the nature of reality. Zusammenfassung A Century of Weird Fiction! 1832-1937 explores the intersections between weird fiction! aesthetics and philosophy! arguing that the feelings of horror that weird fiction provokes can suggest surprising insights about the nature of reality.

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• Authors: Jonathan Newell, Newell Jonathan
• Publisher: University of Wales Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2020
• EAN: 9781786835444
• ISBN: 978-1-78683-544-4
• No. of pages: 272
• Series: Horror Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Horror, Aesthetics, Weird, Fiction, 1937, FICTION / Occult & Supernatural, 1832, FICTION / Horror, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 19th Century, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, Horror & ghost stories, of, Disgust, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Century, cosmic, Horror and supernatural fiction, Metaphysics, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, LITERARY CRITICISM / Novel as Form