Ramsey Campbell and Modern Horror Fiction [electronic resource].
Joshi, S. T.
Liverpool : Liverpool University Press,
2001.
Ramsey Campbell is one of the world's leading writers of supernatural stories, although he has received far less attention than other practitioners of the genre. Joshi focuses in a thematic rather than chronological approach on the whole of Campbell's rich and varied work, from his early tales to the powerfully innovative stories collected in Demons by Daylight The Doll Who Ate His Mother (1975) to Silent Children (1999) are also examined in detail. Throughout this book, the author places Campbell's oeuvre within the context of contemporary horror literature.
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Title Page; Contents; Abbreviations; Preface; My Roots Exhumed, by Ramsey Campbell; I. Biography and Overview; II. The Lovecraftian Fiction; III. The Demons by Daylight Period; IV. The Transformation of Supernaturalism; V. Dreams and Reality; VI. Horrors of the City; VII. Paranoia; VIII. The Child as Victim and Villain; IX. Miscellaneous Writings; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography
Ramsey Campbell is one of the world's leading writers of supernatural stories, although he has received far less attention than other practitioners of the genre. Joshi focuses in a thematic rather than chronological approach on the whole of Campbell's rich and varied work, from his early tales to the powerfully innovative stories collected in Demons by Daylight The Doll Who Ate His Mother (1975) to Silent Children (1999) are also examined in detail. Throughout this book, the author places Campbell's oeuvre within the context of contemporary horror literature.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on print version record.
Campbell, Ramsey, 1946-
Campbell, Ramsey.
Horror tales, English
English
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