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The Weird and the Eerie

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title The Weird and the Eerie
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Mark Fisher
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:144
Dimensions(mm): Height 197,Width 125
Category/GenreLiterary studies - from c 1900 -
Literary studies - fiction, novelists and prose writers
ISBN/Barcode 9781910924389
ClassificationsDewey:823.087309
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Watkins Media Limited
Imprint Repeater Books
NZ Release Date 14 April 2023
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

What exactly are the Weird and the Eerie? In this new essay, Mark Fisher argues that some of the most haunting and anomalous fiction of the 20th century belongs to these two modes. The Weird and the Eerie are closely related but distinct modes, each possessing its own distinct properties. Both have often been associated with Horror, yet this emphasis overlooks the aching fascination that such texts can exercise. The Weird and the Eerie both fundamentally concern the outside and the unknown, which are not intrinsically horrifying, even if they are always unsettling. Perhaps a proper understanding of the human condition requires examination of liminal concepts such as the weird and the eerie. These two modes will be analysed with reference to the work of authors such as 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 Christoper Nolan.

Author Biography

Mark Fisher was the author ofCapitalist RealismandGhosts of My Life. He lectured at Goldsmiths, blogged atk-punk.abstractdynamics.org and wrote regularly for other publications including The Guardian.Tragically, he died in early 2017, just prior to the publication of The Weird and the Eerie.