The Supernatural And Fantastic In Short Detective Fiction
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Author |
: Laird R. Blackwell |
Publisher |
: McFarland |
Total Pages |
: 215 |
Release |
: 2020-11-09 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781476681283 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1476681287 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (83 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Supernatural and Fantastic in Short Detective Fiction by : Laird R. Blackwell
Although fantasy and supernatural literature have long and celebrated histories, many critics contend that the fantastic and the supernatural have no place in the logical, rational, world of the detective story. This book is the first extensive study of the fantastic in detective fiction and it explores the highly debated question of whether detective fiction and the fantastic can comfortably coexist. The "locked room" mystery--which often uses the fantastic as a red herring to eventually be debunked by reason and logic--has long been among the most popular subgenres of detective fiction. This book also explores stories featuring almost supernaturally gifted detectives, stories where the supernatural is truly encountered, and stories with ambiguous endings. Close to 500 detective stories from 1841 to 2000, in which the fantastic or supernatural plays a central role, are discussed and analyzed. Although not all the stories are judged to be successful as detective tales, in the great majority, the fantastic enlivens the tale and deepens the mystery without weakening the detective elements.
Author |
: Laird R. Blackwell |
Publisher |
: McFarland |
Total Pages |
: 215 |
Release |
: 2020-10-30 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781476639451 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1476639450 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (51 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Supernatural and Fantastic in Short Detective Fiction by : Laird R. Blackwell
Although fantasy and supernatural literature have long and celebrated histories, many critics contend that the fantastic and the supernatural have no place in the logical, rational, world of the detective story. This book is the first extensive study of the fantastic in detective fiction and it explores the highly debated question of whether detective fiction and the fantastic can comfortably coexist. The "locked room" mystery--which often uses the fantastic as a red herring to eventually be debunked by reason and logic--has long been among the most popular subgenres of detective fiction. This book also explores stories featuring almost supernaturally gifted detectives, stories where the supernatural is truly encountered, and stories with ambiguous endings. Close to 500 detective stories from 1841 to 2000, in which the fantastic or supernatural plays a central role, are discussed and analyzed. Although not all the stories are judged to be successful as detective tales, in the great majority, the fantastic enlivens the tale and deepens the mystery without weakening the detective elements.
Author |
: Crin Claxton |
Publisher |
: Bold Strokes Books Inc |
Total Pages |
: 301 |
Release |
: 2013-03-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781602829008 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1602829004 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (08 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Supernatural Detective by : Crin Claxton
A girl meets girl, girl meets ghosts, funny, fast-paced thriller stretching from the streets of London’s theatre-land to the sand dunes of Provincetown. When Tony Carson wakes to a pretty drag queen perched on her chest of drawers, she thinks she’s dreaming. But it’s Tony’s powers that have awoken, and the ghosts just won’t leave her alone. Struggling with the mystery surrounding the death of her father, attractive herbalist Maya Silva needs Tony more than she knows, and it’s not just for her supernatural detecting. Dark storms are brewing and Tony’s about to discover the spirit world can be a very dangerous world indeed…
Author |
: Brian Evenson |
Publisher |
: Dark Horse Comics |
Total Pages |
: 318 |
Release |
: 2011-06-21 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781621153337 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1621153339 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (37 Downloads) |
Synopsis Supernatural Noir by : Brian Evenson
A hit man who kills with coincidence... A detective caught in a war between two worlds... A man whose terrible appetites hide an even darker secret . . . Dark Horse once again teams up with Hugo and Bram Stoker award-winning editor Ellen Datlow (Lovecraft Unbound) to bring you this masterful marriage of the darkness without and the darkness within. Supernatural Noir is an anthology of original tales of the dark fantastic from twenty modern masters of suspense, including Brian Evenson, Joe R. Lansdale, Caitlin R. Kiernan, Nick Mamatas, Gregory Frost, Jeffrey Ford, and many more.
Author |
: Dana Del George |
Publisher |
: Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Total Pages |
: 172 |
Release |
: 2001-08-30 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780313073991 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0313073996 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (91 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Supernatural in Short Fiction of the Americas by : Dana Del George
The continuing cultural encounters of the Americas, between European and indigenous cultures, and between scientific materialism and premodern supernaturalism, have originated new narrative forms. While supernatural short fiction of the Americas belongs to the broad category of the fantastic, which is generally approached synchronically, reading audiences of the past 200 years have shifted their beliefs about the supernatural several times. While nineteenth-century readers understood science as real and the supernatural as imaginary, modern audiences recognize both as inaccurate, a shift which allows authors of supernatural fiction to celebrate premodern indigenous beliefs which were once disdained by a materialist culture. This book situates supernatural short fiction of the Americas within the changing cultural and epistemological contexts of the last 200 years and explores how authors have drawn upon a wealth of indigenous traditions. The book begins with a discussion of theories of the supernatural and the fantastic. It then looks at some of the first encounters of European and Native American supernatural beliefs and points to the common elements of these early traditions. The volume next focuses on American literature of the nineteenth century, which has a complex fusion of materialist biases and metaphysical fascinations. The final portion of the book gives greater attention to Spanish-American literature and the blending of the supernatural with attitudes of nostalgia and uncertainty.
Author |
: Charlotte Beyer |
Publisher |
: McFarland |
Total Pages |
: 237 |
Release |
: 2022-02-22 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781476641713 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1476641714 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (13 Downloads) |
Synopsis Murder in a Few Words by : Charlotte Beyer
The clue-puzzle, legal thriller, and classic whodunit are just a few of the subgenres within the widely popular crime fiction genre. However, despite its popularity among readers, the crime short story genre has yet to be fully explored by scholars. This book offers a deep-dive into crime short stories written by a wide range of authors, tracing the history and evolution of the crime short story. The book offers an accessible and original examination of crime short stories, focusing on compelling themes such as miscarriage of justice, feminism, environmental crime and toxic masculinity.
Author |
: Mark A. Fabrizi |
Publisher |
: Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages |
: 371 |
Release |
: 2023-12-06 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781538166055 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1538166054 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (55 Downloads) |
Synopsis Historical Dictionary of Horror Literature by : Mark A. Fabrizi
Stories of vampires, werewolves, zombies, witches, goblins, mummies, and other supernatural creatures have existed for time immemorial, and scary stories are among the earliest types of fiction ever recorded. Historical Dictionary of Horror Literature is an invaluable aid in studying horror literature, including influential authors, texts, terms, subgenres, and literary movements. This book contains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has more than 400 cross-referenced entries covering authors, subgenres, tropes, awards, organizations, and important terms related to horror. Historical Dictionary of Horror Literature is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about horror literature.
Author |
: Laird R. Blackwell |
Publisher |
: McFarland |
Total Pages |
: 249 |
Release |
: 2022-06-13 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781476688374 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1476688370 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (74 Downloads) |
Synopsis Clues from the Couch by : Laird R. Blackwell
The detective story--the classic whodunit with its time-displacement structure of crime--according to most literary historians, is of relatively recent origin. Early in its development, the whodunit was harshly criticized for its tightly formula-bound structure. Many critics prematurely proclaimed "the death of the whodunit" and even of detective fiction altogether. Yet today, the genre is alive, as contemporary authors have brought it into modern times through a significant integration of elaborate character development and psychology. With the modern psychological detective story emerging from the historical cauldron of detective fiction and early psychology, the genre continues to develop a complexity that reflects and guides the literary sophistication needed. This book, the first of its kind, analyzes over 150 whodunit novels and short stories across the decades, from The Moonstone to the contemporary novels that saved the genre from an ignominious death.
Author |
: Naimish Gandhi |
Publisher |
: Naimish Gandhi |
Total Pages |
: 130 |
Release |
: 2019-06-23 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781796663655 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1796663654 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (55 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Mystical Mark by : Naimish Gandhi
The first book of supernatural detective series is a suspenseful and thrilling story where four detectives got different cases which come to know that the cases are linked together and mystery which always come to stop at key Mark “Read like a movie”
Author |
: William Hope Hodgson |
Publisher |
: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform |
Total Pages |
: 196 |
Release |
: 2016-12-17 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1541165829 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781541165823 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (29 Downloads) |
Synopsis Carnacki, the Ghost Finder by : William Hope Hodgson
Detective stories in which the great Thomas Carnacki investigates the supernatural using scientific tools, such as photography, and tools that are augmented by theories of the supernatural, such as the electric pentacle, which uses vacuum tubes to repel supernatural forces. William Hope Hodgson (November 15, 1877 - April 1918) was an English author. He produced a large body of work, consisting of essays, short fiction, and novels, spanning several overlapping genres including horror, fantastic fiction and science fiction. Early in his writing career he dedicated effort to poetry, although few of his poems were published during his lifetime. He also attracted some notice as a photographer and achieved some renown as a bodybuilder. He died in World War I at the age of 40. Hodgson was born in Blackmore End, Essex, the son of Samuel Hodgson, an Anglican priest, and Lissie Sarah Brown. He was the second of twelve children, three of whom died in infancy. The death of a child is a theme in several of Hodgson's works including the short stories "The Valley of Lost Children," "The Sea-Horses," and "The Searcher of the End House." Hodgson's father was moved frequently, and served 11 different parishes in 21 years, including one in County Galway, Ireland. This setting was later featured in Hodgson's novel The House on the Borderland. Hodgson ran away from his boarding school at the age of thirteen in an effort to become a sailor. He was caught and returned to his family, but eventually received his father's permission to be apprenticed as a cabin boy and began a four-year apprenticeship in 1891. Hodgson's father died shortly thereafter, of throat cancer, leaving the family impoverished; while William was away, the family subsisted largely on charity. After his apprenticeship ended in 1895, Hodgson began two years of study in Liverpool, and was then able to pass the tests and receive his mate's certificate; he then began several more years as a sailor.