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Lost souls of horror and the gothic : fifty-four neglected authors, actors, artists and others / edited by Elizabeth McCarthy and Bernice M. Murphy ; foreword by Sir Christopher Frayling.
- Title
- Lost souls of horror and the gothic : fifty-four neglected authors, actors, artists and others / edited by Elizabeth McCarthy and Bernice M. Murphy ; foreword by Sir Christopher Frayling.
- Publication
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2016]
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- Description
- ix, 248 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
- Summary
- "In recent years horror and gothic have penetrated mainstream popular culture in a manner unseen since the horror boom of the 1970s. This collection of 54 biographical essays examines many overlooked and underrated figures who have played a role in the ever expanding world of horror and gothic entertainment"--
- Subject
- 1900-1999
- Gothic revival (Literature) > Bio-bibliography
- Horror tales > History and criticism
- English fiction > 20th century > Bio-bibliography
- American fiction > 20th century > Bio-bibliography
- Horror films > History and criticism
- Motion picture actors and actresses > United States > Biography > Dictionaries
- Motion picture actors and actresses > Europe > Biography > Dictionaries
- Genre/Form
- Biographies
- Bio-bibliography
- Dictionaries
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Foreword: "Welcome to the Island of Lost Souls" / Sir Christopher Frayling -- Introduction -- Evelyn Ankers / Elizabeth McCarthy -- Morris Ankrum / Bill Warren -- Theda Bara / Maria Parsons -- Ralph Bates / Peter Hutchings -- Charles Beaumont / Edward O'Hare -- Ingrid Bergman / Mark Jancovich -- Guy Boothby / Ailise Bulfin -- John Buchan / Anna Powell -- Susan Cabot / Tom Weaver -- Oscar Cook / Darryl Jones -- Marie Corelli / Caitriona Kirby -- Aleister Crowley / Clive Bloom -- Danielle Dax / Catherine Spooner -- Dulcie Deamer / Jim Rockhill -- Maya Deren / Wendy Haslem -- The Erkenwald Poet / Brendan O'Connell -- John Farris / Xavier Aldana Reyes -- Nicholas Fisk / Katherine Farrimond -- Charles Fort / Tania Scott -- Dion Fortune / Kristine Larsen -- Charles Gemora / Mark Cofell -- Gregory of Tours / Peter Dendle -- Victor Halperin / Murray Leeder -- Edward Jerningham / Peter N. Lindfield and Dale Townshend -- Jerome K. Jerome / William Hughes -- Skelton Knaggs / John Exshaw -- Alfred Kubin / Tracy Fahey -- Francis Lathom / David Punter -- Ira Levin / Bernice M. Murphy -- Jeff Lieberman / Jon Towlson -- Stephen Mallatratt / Madelon Hoedt -- Carl Mayer / Jim Rockhill -- Robert R. McCammon / Neil McRobert -- Shinji Mikami / Eóin Murphy -- Joseph Minion / George Toles -- Paula Modersohn-Becker / Wendy Mooney -- Fitz-James O'Brien / Kevin Corstorphine -- Sandy Petersen / Rachel Mizsei Ward -- Leonora Piper / Dara Downey -- Edogawa Rampo / Colette Balmain -- Charlotte Riddell / Clare Clarke -- Philip Ridley / Douglas Keesey -- Regina Maria Roche / Christina Morin -- Vincent Schiavelli / Sorcha Ní Fhlainn -- William Buehler Seabrook / Roger Luckhurst -- Sidney Sime / Maria Beville -- Tod Slaughter / Jarlath Killeen -- Lionel Sparrow / James Doig -- Montague Summers / Frank Furedi -- Team Silent Hill / Ewan Kirkland -- Peter Van Greenaway / Edward O'Hare -- Stephen Volk / James Rose -- Tom Waits / Jenny McDonnell -- Fredric Wertham / Sarah Cleary.
- ISBN
- 9781476663142
- 1476663149
- LCCN
- ^^2016039148
- OCLC
- 951509670
- SCSB-12399135
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library