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1 online resource (1 audio file (7hr., 30 min.)) : digital. |
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digital digital recording rda |
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Digital content provided by hoopla. |
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Read by Erin Bennett. |
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Satisfy your craving for extraordinary authors and exceptional fiction: Meet the women writers who defied convention to craft some of literature's strangest tales, from Frankenstein to The Haunting of Hill House and beyond. Frankenstein 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 about Mary Shelley, creator of Frankenstein, who was rumored to keep her late husband's heart in her desk drawer. But have you heard of 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 of Shirley Jackson, whose novel The Haunting of Hill House was reinvented as a Netflix series, then try the psychological hauntings of 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 Coltor, 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. IntroductionPart One: The Founding MothersMad Madge: Margaret CavendishTerror over Horror: Ann RadcliffeThe Original Goth Girl: Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyScandalizing Jane Austen: Regina Maria RochePuveyor of Guts and Gore: Mary Anne RadcliffeExhibitor of Murder and Harlotry: Charlotte DacrePart Two: Haunting TalesGhosts Are Real: Elizabeth GaskellBorn Storyteller: Charlotte RiddellThe Most Learned Woman: Amelia EdwardsThe Most Productive Writer: Pauline E. HopkinsGhostwriter à la Garçonne: Vernon LeeVoice for the Dead: Margaret OliphantThe Spine-Tingler: Edith WhartonPart Three: Cult of the OccultScribe of the Supernatural: Marjorie BowenMaker of Female Masterminds: L.T. MeadeCasualty of War: Alice AskewSpeaker to the Spirits: Margery LawrenceBritain's Psychic DefenderPart Four: The Women Who Wrote the PulpsExploring Our Depths: Margaret St. ClairSpace Vamp Queen: Catherine Lucille (C.L.) MooreDeep South Storyteller: Mary Elizabeth CounselmanSeer of the Unseen: Gertrude Barrows BennetNight Writer: Everil WorrellKeeping the Wild West Weird: Eli ColterPart Five: Haunting the HomeChronicler of Pain and Loss: Dorothy MacardleThe Queen of Horror: Shirley JacksonThe Dame of Dread: Daphne du MaurierHaunted by History: Toni MorrisonMonstrosity in the Mundane: Elizabeth EngstromPart Six: Paperback HorrorRecipes for Fear: Joanne FischmannWhere Evil Meets Innnocence: Ruby Jean JensenNightmares in the Attic: V. C. AndrewsKafka of the Weird: Kathe KojaAdversary for the Devil: Lisa TuttleRewriting Snow White: Tanith LeePart Seven: The New GothsQueen of the Damned: Anne RiceTeller of Feminist Fairy Tales: Helen OyeyemiModern Gothic Ghost Maker: Susan HillWelcome to the Dark Séance: Sarah WatersTeller of Bloody Fables: Angela CarterAfrofuturist Horrorist: Jewelle GomezPart Eight: The Future of Horror and Speculative FictionLovecraft Revisited and Revised: The New WeirdPolishing the Fangs: The New VampireHome Deadly Home: The New Haunted HouseThis Is the End (Again): The New ApocalypseSharper Weapons, Sharper Victims: The New Serial KillerConclusion "Lisa Kröger and Melanie R. Anderson deserve a standing ovation." "A perfect way to find your next spooky story." "Highly readable, relatable, and edifying, librarians and horror readers will find it useful and entertaining." "Your necronomicon for all women writing horror." "Unique, fascinating, informative |
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Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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Horror in literature.
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Women authors -- History and criticism.
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Horror tales, American -- History and criticism.
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Horror tales, English -- History and criticism.
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Women authors.
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Anderson, Melanie, author.
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Bennett, Erin, narrator.
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hoopla digital.
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Women who pioneered horror & speculative fiction |
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Women who pioneered horror and speculative fiction |
| ISBN |
9781094029917 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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1094029912 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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MWT13112019 |
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