Caitlin R. Kiernan : A Critical Study of Her Dark Fiction (Critical Explorations in Science Fiction and Fantasy)

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Caitlin R. Kiernan : A Critical Study of Her Dark Fiction (Critical Explorations in Science Fiction and Fantasy)

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  • 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版/ページ数 206 p.
  • 言語 ENG
  • 商品コード 9781476680897
  • DDC分類 813.54

Full Description

Caitlin R. Kiernan is at the forefront of contemporary gothic, weird and science fiction literature. She has written more than a dozen novels, over 250 short stories, many chapbooks, along with a large number of graphic works. For these Kiernan has won numerous awards. This first full-length look at Kiernan's body of work explores her fictional universe through critical literary lenses to show the depth of her contributions to modern genre literature.

A prolific and creative writer, Kiernan's fictions bring to life our fears about the other, the unknown, and the future through stories that range widely across time and space. A sense of dark terror pervades her novels and stories. Yet Kiernan's fictional universe is not disengaged from reality. That is because she works within the long tradition of gothic fiction speaking to the gravest ethical, social and cultural issues. In her dark fiction, Kiernan illustrates the terror of the tyranny of the normal, the oppression of marginalized people, and the pervasive violence of our time. Her dystopian sf propels today's dangerous economic, social, political and environmental tendencies into the future. Kiernan's fiction portrays troubling truths about the current human condition.

Contents

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Preface

A Brief Biography of Caitlín R. Kiernan

Introduction

One. The Call of the Sí: Irish Supernatural Literature and Folklore in the Fiction of Caitlín R. Kiernan

Two. Kiernan Echoes the Literary Decadence

Three. The Figure of the Gothic Body

Four. The Folklore of Awe and Terror

Five. "Warnings to the Curious": Kiernan's Science and Mystery Stories

Six. Haunted Perceptions: Fear and Trembling in Kiernan's Fiction

Seven. Spectral Confessions: The Red Tree and The Drowning Girl: A Memoir

Eight. Dark Futures: Surveying Kiernan's Science Fiction

Nine. Retruthing Steampunk: Kiernan Rewrites American West Steampunk

Conclusion: Caitlín R. Kiernan's Modern Dark Fiction

Chapter Notes

Bibliography

Index