Creepers : British Horror and Fantasy in the Twentieth Century

A volume of original essays on horror and fantasy writing as a genre and one of the few critical guides to the subject. Creepers concentrates on the rich and neglected vein of British 20th century horror and fantasy, tracing its influences from 19th century vampire-gothic to Christmas ghost tale and exploring the historical, formal and aesthetic concerns of this diverse group of writers. 1. Empire Gothic: Explanation And Epiphany In Conan Doyle, Kipling And Chesterton / Victor Sage -- 2. The House On The Borderland: The Sexual Politics Of Fear / Amanda Boulter -- 3. Horror In The 1890s: The Case Of Arthur Machen / John Simons -- 4. A Word Kept Back In The Turn Of The Screw / Allan Lloyd Smith -- 5. M.r. James And His Fiction / Clive Bloom -- 6. Harry Price And The Haunted Rectory / Clive Bloom -- 7. Not Like Men In Books, Murdering Women: Daphne Du Maurier And The Infernal World Of Popular Fiction / Nicholas Rance -- 8. Horrors And Menaces To Everything Decent In Life: The Horror Fiction Of Dennis Wheatley / Gina Wisker -- 9. The Abolition Of Man? Horror In The Science Fiction Of C.s. Lewis / Dennis Butts -- 10. Scared Shitless: The Sex Of Horror / John Nicholson -- 11. Horrible Writing: The Early Fiction Of James Herbert / Alasdair Spark -- 12. At Home All Was Blood And Feathers: The Werewolf In The Kitchen -- Angela Carter And Horror / Gina Wisker -- 13. Worlds That Creep Upon You: Postmodern Illusions In The Work Of Clive Barker / Andrew Smith. Edited By Clive Bloom. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Creepers CONTENTS CONTRIBUTORS PREFACE ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS PART I— INTO THE CRYPT 1— Empire Gothic: Explanation and Epiphany in Conan Doyle, Kipling and Chesterton Notes 2— The House on the Borderland: The Sexual Politics of Fear Notes 3— Horror in the 1890s: The Case of Arthur Machen Notes 4— A Word Kept Back in The Turn of the Screw Notes 5— M.R. James and His Fiction Notes PART II— FIENDS IN THE CELLAR 6— Harry Price and the Haunted Rectory Notes 7— Not Like Men in Books, Murdering Women: Daphne du Maurier and the Infernal World of Popular Ficti... Notes 8— Horrors and Menaces to Everything Decent in Life: The Horror Fiction of Dennis Wheatley Notes 9— The Abolition of Man?: Horror in the Science Fiction of C.S. Lewis Notes PART III— IT'S ALIVE! 10— Scared Shitless: The Sex of Horror Notes 11— Horrible Writing: The Early Fiction of James Herbert Acknowledgements Notes 12— At Home All Was Blood and Feathers: The Werewolf in the Kitchen – Angela Carter and Horror Notes 13— Worlds That Creep up on You: Postmodern Illusions in the Work of Clive Barker Notes Index A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P R S T V W Y A volume of original essays on horror and fantasy writing as a genre and one of the few critical guides to the subject. "Creepers" concentrates on the rich and neglected vein of British 20th century horror and fantasy, tracing its influences from 19th century fiction.