The gothic worlds of Peter Straub
By: John C. Tibbetts ; foreword by Gary K. Wolfe
Contributors: Wolfe, Gary K., 1946- writer of foreword
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 248
ISBN-13: 9781476664927
Subjects: History and criticism; Criticism and interpretation; Gothic fiction (Literary genre), American
Description: "Horror novelist Peter Straub creates highly personalized fiction with an allusiveness and ambiguity that deny the genre's explicit nature. For him, the Gothic style is to be created and recreated in a changing world. Drawing on interviews with Straub and featuring an exclusive interview with King, this study explores the work of the author"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.