Monster, She Wrote: The Women Who Pioneered Horror and

Monster, She Wrote: The Women Who Pioneered Horror and Speculative Fiction

Satisfy your craving for extraordinary authors and exceptional fiction: Meet the women writers who defied convention to craft some of literature's strangest tales,Â fromÂ FrankensteinÂ toÂ The Haunting of Hill HouseÂ and beyond.
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FrankensteinÂ was just the beginning: horror stories and other weird fiction wouldn't exist without the women who created it. From Gothic ghost stories to psychological horror to science fiction, women have been primary architects of speculative literature of all sorts. And their own life stories are as intriguing as their fiction. Everyone knows aboutÂ Mary Shelley, creator of Frankenstein, who was rumored to keep her late husband's heart in her desk drawer. But have you heard ofÂ Margaret "Mad Madge" Cavendish, who wrote a science-fiction epic 150 years earlier (and liked to wear topless gowns to the theater)? If you know the astounding work ofÂ Shirley Jackson, whose novelÂ The Haunting of Hill HouseÂ was reinvented as a Netflix series, then try the psychological hauntings ofÂ Violet Paget, who was openly involved in long-term romantic relationships with women in the Victorian era. You'll meet celebrated icons (Ann Radcliffe, V. C. Andrews), forgotten wordsmiths (Eli Colter, Ruby Jean Jensen), and today's vanguard (Helen Oyeyemi). Curated reading lists point you to their most spine-chilling tales.

Part biography, part reader's guide, the engaging write-ups and detailed reading lists will introduce you to more than a hundred authors and over two hundred of their mysterious and spooky novels, novellas, and stories.
Country USA
Brand Quirk Books
Manufacturer Quirk Books
Binding Hardcover
Color Celadon/Pale green
ReleaseDate 2019-09-17
UnitCount 1
Format Illustrated
EANs 9781683691389

Country	USA
Brand	Quirk Books
Manufacturer	Quirk Books
Binding	Hardcover
Color	Celadon/Pale green
ReleaseDate	2019-09-17
UnitCount	1
Format	Illustrated
EANs	9781683691389

Monster, She Wrote: The Women Who Pioneered Horror and Speculative Fiction

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