Fritz Leiber
Subtitle: Critical Essays
Contributors: John Pelan (Foreword); Benjamin Szumskyj (Editor)
Publisher: McFarland & Company; McFarland
Published: August 29, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 207
ISBN-13: 9780786429721
Subjects: Novels, other prose & writers: from c 1900 -; Literary Collections; English; Literature: Classics; USA; Essays; 1910-1992; Criticism and interpretation; History and criticism; Leiber, Fritz,; Science fiction, American
Description: "Collection academically examines Fritz Leiber and his work: role of civilization; evolution of Our Lady of Darkness; concept of time; death, rebirth and existentialism; feline characters; sexual desire; his gothic and weird tales; eccentricity in Leiber's poems; theme of power in Fafhrd and Gray Mouser adventures; connecting threads, and contrasts between Leiber and Lovecraft; and biblical influence"--Provided by publisher.