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Author : Michael Anglo
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Penny Dreadfuls and Other Victorian Horrors written by Michael Anglo and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Nicole C. Dittmer
Publisher : University of Wales Press
ISBN 13 : 1786839717
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (868 download)
Download or read book Penny Dreadfuls and the Gothic written by Nicole C. Dittmer and published by University of Wales Press. This book was released on 2023-01-15 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: • Penny Dreadfuls and the Gothic uncovers neglected Gothic texts of the nineteenth century which are crucial in understanding working-class popular culture. • The approach of this study of penny dreadfuls is vast and eclectic, ranging from data-driven publication data to close textual analysis of these texts to adaptations of penny fiction. • This title covers a broad range of penny texts, some of which have never before been written on.
Author : Bram Stoker
Publisher : Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1634501152
Total Pages : 965 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (345 download)
Download or read book The Penny Dreadfuls written by Bram Stoker and published by Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2015-05-05 with total page 965 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Blood, gore, murder, and sin—Victorian literature’s darkest horrors await you. The penny dreadfuls were cheap nineteenth-century English stories that featured gothic, lurid, disturbing, and tantalizing content. These horror serials cost a penny per issue, hence their name: penny dreadfuls. The penny dreadfuls often paid homage to—and even inspired—many of the more famous narratives of the horror genre. This book pairs three obscure yet influential penny dreadfuls with three of the most notorious literary giants of the nineteenth century: Dracula, Frankenstein, and Dorian Gray, all in one authentic collection of the best Victorian gothic horror ever written. Originally published at a time when dramatic scientific discoveries sparked a cultural fixation on the paranormal, these stories remain timeless in their uncanny ability to prey upon our primal fear of that which is strange, violent, and unknown. This book contains a total of six haunting tales: • Dracula by Bram Stoker • Dracula’s Guest by Bram Stoker (Dracula’s original first chapter, not published until after Stoker’s death) • Frankenstein by Mary Shelley • Wagner the Wehr-Wolf by George W. M. Reynolds • The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde • Varney the Vampire by Thomas Preskett Prest Curl up with The Penny Dreadfuls on a dark, moonless night and rediscover these chilling classics. Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Arcade, Yucca, and Good Books imprints, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in fiction—novels, novellas, political and medical thrillers, comedy, satire, historical fiction, romance, erotic and love stories, mystery, classic literature, folklore and mythology, literary classics including Shakespeare, Dumas, Wilde, Cather, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.
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Publisher : Fall River
ISBN 13 : 9781435157217
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (572 download)
Download or read book Penny Dreadfuls written by and published by Fall River. This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 666 pages of shocking sensational stories from the Victorian era, twenty in all including such classics as James Malcolm Rymer's The String of Pearls or Sweeny Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet-Street, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus, Guy De Maupassant's The Diary of a Madman or Robert Louis Stevenson's Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. The original penny dreadfuls were cheaply printed, inexpensive publications written to titillate the masses with shocking thrills and lurid horrors. Over time, penny dreadful became a catch-phrase for any story steeped in gothic horror that pushed the limits of what was acceptable in popular fiction. In the stories compiled here, werewolves, ghouls, vampires, made doctor, carnivorous highwaymen, ancient Egyptian curses and reanimated corpses are just some of the horrors that the victims contend with.
Author : S. Faxon
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781735726182
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (261 download)
Download or read book Tiny Dreadfuls written by S. Faxon and published by . This book was released on 2021-04-21 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Prepare yourself for a tour through the dark! Inspired by the classic Victorian penny dreadfuls, this collection of horror shorts and oddities from award-winning author S. Faxon, will take readers through cursed orchards, opium-stoked alleyways, haunted houses, and to the high-seas. With some of these stories based on real-life paranormal encounters, this book is a must-read for those who love the fanciful and unexplainable!
Author : Simon Young
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN 13 : 1496839455
Total Pages : 219 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (968 download)
Download or read book The Nail in the Skull and Other Victorian Urban Legends written by Simon Young and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 2022-06-27 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the 2023 Brian McConnell Book Award from the International Society for Contemporary Legend Research In the last fifty years, folklorists have amassed an extraordinary corpus of contemporary legends including the “Choking Doberman,” the “Eaten Ticket,” and the “Vanishing Hitchhiker.” But what about the urban legends of the past? These legends and tales have rarely been collected, and when they occasionally appear, they do so as ancestors or precursors of the urban legends of today, rather than as stories in their own right. In The Nail in the Skull and Other Victorian Urban Legends, Simon Young fills this gap for British folklore (and for the wider English-speaking world) of the 1800s. Young introduces seventy Victorian urban legends ranging from “Beetle Eyes” to the “Shoplifter’s Dilemma” and from “Hands in the Muff” to the “Suicide Club.” While a handful of these stories are already known, the vast majority have never been identified, and they have certainly never received scholarly treatment. Young begins the volume with a lengthy introduction assessing nineteenth-century media, emphasizing the importance of the written word to the perpetuation and preservation of these myths. He draws on numerous nineteenth-century books, periodicals, and ephemera, including digitized newspaper archives—particularly the British Newspaper Archive, an exciting new hunting ground for folklorists. The Nail in the Skull and Other Victorian Urban Legends will appeal to an academic audience as well as to anyone who is interested in urban legends.
Author : Dennis Denisoff
Publisher : Broadview Press
ISBN 13 : 1551113562
Total Pages : 496 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (511 download)
Download or read book The Broadview Anthology of Victorian Short Stories written by Dennis Denisoff and published by Broadview Press. This book was released on 2004-05-11 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Broadview Anthology of Victorian Short Stories beautifully demonstrates the astonishing variety and ingenuity of Victorian short stories. This collection brings together works focused on a wide range of popular Victorian subjects in many different styles and forms (including comic, gothic, fantasy, adventure, and colonial works; science fiction; children’s tales; New Woman writing; Irish yarns; stories originally published in popular periodicals; and travel stories). Both well-known and lesser-known authors are included, and both men and women are well represented. This anthology includes twenty-six annotated stories, a general introduction that discusses the history of the genre’s development in relation to key socio-political issues of the Victorian era, and suggestions for secondary readings. It also includes an intriguing selection of Victorian writings on the genre by Edgar Allan Poe, Charles Dickens, Margaret Oliphant, Frederick Wedmore, and Laura Marholm Hansson.
Author : George Payne Rainsford James
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.B/5 (9 download)
Download or read book The String of Pearls written by George Payne Rainsford James and published by . This book was released on 1849 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Kathryn A Castle
Publisher : Manchester University Press
ISBN 13 : 1526162962
Total Pages : 299 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (261 download)
Download or read book Britannia's children written by Kathryn A Castle and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2021-06-15 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Harriet E.H. Earle
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000204820
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (2 download)
Download or read book Comics written by Harriet E.H. Earle and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-12-10 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Comics: An Introduction provides a clear and detailed introduction to the Comics form – including graphic narratives and a range of other genres – explaining key terms, history, theories, and major themes. The book uses a variety of examples to show the rich history as well as the current cultural relevance and significance of Comics. Taking a broadly global approach, Harriet Earle discusses the history and development of the form internationally, as well as how to navigate comics as a new way of reading. Earle also pushes beyond the book to lay out the ways that fans engage with their comics of choice – and how this can impact the industry. She also analyses how Comics can work for social change and political comment. Discussing journalism and life writing, she examines how the coming together of word and image gives us new ways to discuss our world and ourselves. A glossary and further reading section help those new to Comics solidify their understanding and further their exploration of this dynamic and growing field.
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Author : Matt Cardin
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1440842027
Total Pages : 1065 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (48 download)
Download or read book Horror Literature through History [2 volumes] written by Matt Cardin and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2017-09-21 with total page 1065 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This two-volume set offers comprehensive coverage of horror literature that spans its deep history, dominant themes, significant works, and major authors, such as Stephen King, Edgar Allan Poe, and Anne Rice, as well as lesser-known horror writers. Many of today's horror story fans—who appreciate horror through movies, television, video games, graphic novels, and other forms—probably don't realize that horror literature is not only one of the most popular types of literature but one of the oldest. People have always been mesmerized by stories that speak to their deepest fears. Horror Literature through History shows 21st-century horror fans the literary sources of their favorite entertainment and the rich intrinsic value of horror literature in its own right. Through profiles of major authors, critical analyses of important works, and overview essays focused on horror during particular periods as well as on related issues such as religion, apocalypticism, social criticism, and gender, readers will discover the fascinating early roots and evolution of horror writings as well as the reciprocal influence of horror literature and horror cinema. This unique two-volume reference set provides wide coverage that is current and compelling to modern readers—who are of course also eager consumers of entertainment. In the first section, overview essays on horror during different historical periods situate works of horror literature within the social, cultural, historical, and intellectual currents of their respective eras, creating a seamless narrative of the genre's evolution from ancient times to the present. The second section demonstrates how otherwise unrelated works of horror have influenced each other, how horror subgenres have evolved, and how a broad range of topics within horror—such as ghosts, vampires, religion, and gender roles—have been handled across time. The set also provides alphabetically arranged reference entries on authors, works, and specialized topics that enable readers to zero in on information and concepts presented in the other sections.
Author : J. M. Miro
Publisher : Flatiron Books
ISBN 13 : 1250833744
Total Pages : 630 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (58 download)
Download or read book Ordinary Monsters written by J. M. Miro and published by Flatiron Books. This book was released on 2022-06-07 with total page 630 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NATIONAL BESTSELLER * "Charles Dickens meets Joss Whedon in Miro’s otherworldly Netflix-binge-like novel." —The Washington Post MOST ANTICIPATED SFF BOOK of 2022 by Tor, The Nerd Daily, BookBub, Philadelphia Inquirer, Goodreads, CrimeReads, Buzzfeed, Professional Book Nerds, and more! BEST BOOK OF SUMMER 2022 by SheReads, Book Riot, Goodreads, Gizmodo, Daily Beast, Paste Magazine, and more! IN THIS STUNNING HISTORICAL FANTASY, journey to the Victorian era, as children with mysterious powers are hunted by a figure of darkness in a battle of good vs. evil... "Ordinary Monsters is a towering achievement: a dazzling mountain of wild invention, Dickensian eccentrics, supernatural horrors, and gripping suspense. Be warned... once you step into this penny dreadful to end all penny dreadfuls, you'll never want to leave." —Joe Hill, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Fireman and Heart-Shaped Box Charlie Ovid, despite surviving a brutal childhood in Mississippi, doesn't have a scar on him. His body heals itself, whether he wants it to or not. Marlowe, a foundling from a railway freight car, shines with a strange bluish light. He can melt or mend flesh. When Alice Quicke, a jaded detective with her own troubled past, is recruited to escort them to safety, all three begin a journey into the nature of difference and belonging, and the shadowy edges of the monstrous. What follows is a story of wonder and betrayal, from the gaslit streets of London, and the wooden theaters of Meiji-era Tokyo, to an eerie estate outside Edinburgh where other children with gifts—like Komako, a witch-child and twister of dust, and Ribs, a girl who cloaks herself in invisibility—are forced to combat the forces that threaten their safety. There, the world of the dead and the world of the living threaten to collide. With this new found family, Komako, Marlowe, Charlie, Ribs, and the rest of the Talents discover the truth about their abilities. And as secrets within the Institute unfurl, a new question arises: What truly defines a monster? Riveting in its scope, exquisitely written, Ordinary Monsters presents a catastrophic vision of the Victorian world—and of the gifted, broken children who must save it.
Author : Bill Pronzini
Publisher : Courier Dover Publications
ISBN 13 : 0486814793
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (868 download)
Download or read book Gun in Cheek written by Bill Pronzini and published by Courier Dover Publications. This book was released on 2017-04-19 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This is fabulously funny stuff." — John D. MacDonald. Good-natured and witty, this expert compilation samples the best of the worst in 20th-century mystery writing. Introduction by Ed McBain.
Author : Gavin Baddeley
Publisher : Canelo + ORM
ISBN 13 : 1800329881
Total Pages : 449 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (3 download)
Download or read book Jack the Ripper written by Gavin Baddeley and published by Canelo + ORM. This book was released on 2022-06-13 with total page 449 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Five brutal murders shocked London in the summer and autumn of 1888. They have never been forgotten. The Jack the Ripper case has never been solved - the killer remains a blood-spattered silhouette. Although ‘Jack’ as an entity was almost certainly invented by an unscrupulous journalist, he became an archetype - decked in the top hat and cloak of a Victorian melodrama villain, stalking the fog-wreathed streets of the old East End. The numerous Ripper theories which emerged at the time tell us more about Victorian attitudes than they do about the killer’s true identity. In Jack the Ripper the authors follow the grim homicidal trails that have permeated popular culture since the Whitechapel murders of 1888. It tells the victim’s stories in all their desperate poignancy, and explores the theories and suspects of the burgeoning field of ‘ripperology’. Conspiracy theories and myths that swirl around the case to this day, from black magicians to the royal family, are considered, as is the modern forensic view of the Ripper murders as sex crimes, with reference to disturbing modern cases such as that of the ‘Plumstead Ripper’. Terrifying and unignorable, this is the ultimate book on Jack the Ripper.
Author : Susan Redington Bobby
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786465085
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)
Download or read book Beyond His Dark Materials written by Susan Redington Bobby and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2012-09-21 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beyond the His Dark Materials series lies a vast fictional realm populated by the many diverse character creations of Philip Pullman. During a more than 30-year career, Pullman has created worlds filled with quests, trials, tragedies and triumphs, and this book explores those worlds. The picture books, novellas and novels written for children, adolescents and adults are analyzed through the themes of innocence and experience. The journeys Pullman sets his characters on teach them that one must embrace change, loss and suffering to grow in wisdom and grace.
Author : C. Harvey
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137306041
Total Pages : 333 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (373 download)
Download or read book Fantastic Transmedia written by C. Harvey and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-05-26 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contemporary culture is packed with fantasy and science fiction storyworlds extending across multiple media platforms. This book explores the myriad ways in which imaginary worlds use media like films, novels, videogames, comic books, toys and increasingly user-generated content to captivate and energise contemporary audiences.
Author : Harold Schechter
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780312282769
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (827 download)
Download or read book Savage Pastimes written by Harold Schechter and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2005-03 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this cogent and well-researched book, Harold Schechter argues that, unlike the popular conception of the media inciting violence through displaying it, without these outlets of violence in the media a basic human need would not be met and would have to be acted out in much more destructive ways. Schechter demonstrates how violent images saturated the earliest newspaper, how art and disturbing images are not incompatible and how the demoaisation of comic books in the 1950s det up a pattern of equating testosterone fuelled entertainment with aggression.
