The Weird and the Eerie
Watkins Media · Print & ebook · January 31, 2017
A Nonfiction pick for readers exploring The Weird and the Eerie.
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- Who it’s for
- Essays distinguish the weird from the eerie across literature, film, and music.
- Themes
- The weird and the eerie, The human condition, The outside and the unknown
- Genres
- Horror Lit Crit, Film History, Philosophical Criticism
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Explore the weird, the eerie, and the horrific in 20th-century literature, film, and music—from H.P. Lovecraft and Daphne Du Maurier to Stanley Kubrick and Christopher Nolan. What exactly are the Weird and the Eerie? Two closely related but distinct modes, and each possesses its own distinct properties. Both have often been associated with Horror, but this genre alone does not fully encapsulate the pull of the outside and the unknown.
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In several essays, Mark Fisher argues that a proper understanding of the human condition requires examination of transitory concepts such as the Weird and the Eerie. Featuring discussion of the works of: H. P. Lovecraft, H. G. Wells, M.R. James, Christopher Priest, Joan Lindsay, Nigel Kneale, Daphne Du Maurier, Alan Garner and Margaret Atwood, and films by Stanley Kubrick, Jonathan Glazer and Christopher Nolan.
Beyond Horror
Essays distinguish the weird from the eerie across literature, film, and music.
Come here for
- A fresh lens on the pull of the outside and the unknown
- Literary and film examples from Lovecraft to Nolan
Expect
- Conceptual essays on two related but distinct modes
- A wide-ranging conversation across twentieth-century culture
Where it sits
| Horror Lit Crit | 95% |
|---|---|
| Film History | 28% |
| Philosophical Criticism | 28% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- SF & Fantasy Criticism
- Horror Lit Crit
- 20th-Century Literary Criticism
- Authors
- Mark Fisher
- Publisher
- Watkins Media
- Published
- January 31, 2017
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- The weird and the eerie · The human condition · The outside and the unknown
- Reading lane
- SF & Fantasy Criticism