Horror Literature through History
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excerpt from, 631
impact of, 632
influence of, 630
The Monk (Lewis) and, 614, 632, 820
plot summary, 630–631
Radcliffe, Ann, 630
significance of, 632
success of, 630
unintended consequence of, 631
“A Mystery of the Campagna,” 160
Narine, Anil, 61
Nash, Eveleigh, 491–492
natural horror, 57
Necronomicon Press, 153, 155
Nevill, Adam, 43
“The New People” (Beaumont), 37
New Weird, 633–634
definition of, 633
film and television, 633
The New Weird anthology, 633
notable examples of, 633
position in weird fiction, 633
The Silver Web, 633
validity of the term, 634
VanderMeer, Jeff, on, 167, 633
Newman, Kim (1959–), 634–635, 635
Anno Dracula, 635
Bad Dreams, 634–635
erudition in twentieth-century popular culture, 634
Nightmare Movies, 634
The Night Mayor, 634
the pastiche and, 635
pseudonym, 634
reputation of, 635
short fiction of, 635
Nicholls, Peter, 729
The Night Land (Hodgson), 635–637
“cosmic horror” of, 636
critical opinion of, 635
frame narrative of, 635
Hodgson, William Hope, 635
mock-archaic style of, 635
plot summary, 635–636
prose of, 635, 636
publication date, 635
vision of the world’s end, 635
Night Shift (King), 637–638
“The Boogeyman,” 637
on film, 637
“Graveyard Shift,” 637
“Gray Matter,” 637
“I Am the Doorway,” 637
“Jerusalem’s Lot,” 637
King’s trademark approach to horror, 637
“The Ledge,” 637
“The Mangler,” 637
“marketable obsession,” 637–638
“One for the Road,” 637
“The Woman in the Room,” 637
nihilism, 551, 555
Nisard, Desiré, 381
Nodier, Charles, 816
Nolan, William F. (1928–), 638–639
birthplace of, 638
on Dashiell Hammett, 638
full name of, 638
“The Group,” 638
literary output of, 638
on Max Brand, 638
poetry and screenwriting, 638–639
style of, 639
themes of, 639
Nordau, Max, 145
Northanger Abbey (Austen), 639–641
adaptations of, 640
Austen, Jane, 639
date published, 639
the Gothic novel and, 639
new version of, 640
as a parody of the Gothic novel, 639, 640
plot summary, 639–640
Nosferatu (film), 341
No Sleep forum, 114
Not at Night, 87
The Not at Night Omnibus, 87
“The Novel of the Black Seal” (Machen), 641–642
biological and cultural atavism, 642
Euhemerist theories of MacRitchie, 642
influence of, 642
influential idea in, 641
synopsis of, 641–642
The Three Impostors, 641
novels versus short fiction, 643–645
collections of horror stories, 644
early American Gothic short novels, 644
early Gothic fictions, 643
examples of lengthy Gothic novels, 643
Gothic novels, 643
Gothic theater and poetry, 643
“great Gothic craze,” 643
Hartwell, David, on, 644
horror fiction in novel-length form, 644
Poe on the value of short fiction, 644
sentimental novels, 643
short form fiction in America, 643–644
Southern Gothic fiction, 644
the numinous, 645–646
Blackwood, Algernon, 645
“Cecilia de Noel,” 646
definition of, 645
Kant, Immanuel, and, 645
Lovecraft, H. P., 645
Machen, Arthur, 645
as mystical, 645
the noumenal, 645
numinous experience, 645
Otto, Rudolf, and, 645
as philosophical, 645
scientific speculation and, 645
significant example of a numinous story, 646
“And When the Sky Was Opened,” 646
Oates, Joyce Carol, 108–109
Oates, Joyce Carol (1938–), 647–649
The Accursed, 648
“The Accursed Inhabitants of the House of Bly,” 647
“The Aesthetics of Fear,” 647
American Gothic Tales (1996), 647
awards to, 647, 648
Beasts, 648
Corn Maiden, a collection, 647
Death-Cup,” 647
Do with Me What You Will, 648
on the experience of terror, 647
First Love: A Gothic Tale, 648
“Fossil-Figures,” 647
“Gothic Saga,” 648
historical tales, 648
horror literature and, 647
literary output of, 647
mainstream publishing and, 647, 648
Night-Side, a collection, 647
novels of, 647–648
“Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?,” 648
Zombie, 648
O’Brien, Fitz-James (1828–1862), 649–651
“An Arabian Night-Mare,” 649
birth name of, 649
birthplace of, 649
“The Diamond Lens,” 649
“The Dragon-Fang Possessed by the Conjuror Piou-Lu,” 649
first collection of poetry and tales, 649
“The Golden Ingot,” 649
horror anthologies and, 86
“The Lost Room,” 649
“The Pot of Tulips,” 650
Salmonson, Jessica, on, 649
significance of, 649, 650
“What Was It?,” 649, 650
“The Wondersmith,” 649
occult detectives, 651–652
Carl Kolchak, 652
definition of, 651
earliest examples of, 651
earliest series character, 651
Felix Castor, 652
Flaxman Low, 651
Harry Dresden, 652
Jules de Grandin, 651–652
Moris Klaw, 651
The Secrets of Dr. Taverner, 651
Thomas Carnacki, 651
Titus Crow series, 652
occult fiction, 130–135
Besant, Annie, 131
Blavatsky, Helena, 131
Brown, Dan, 131, 134
Bulwer-Lytton, Edward, 131
Corelli, Marie, 131
The Course of the Heart (Harrison), 133
Crowley, Aleister, 132
The Daylight Gate (Winterson), 134–135
definition of magic, 131–132
development of occult fiction, 131–132
The Devil Rides Out (Wheatley), 132–133
Diary of a Drug Fiend (Crowley), 132
“The Great God Pan” (Machen), 132
Hermes Trismegistus, 131
The House of Doctor Dee (Ackroyd), 133–134
The House of Lost Souls (Cottam), 134
Moonchild (Crowley), 132
occult fiction since the nineteenth century: a selective chronology, 131
Order of the Golden Dawn, 131, 132
Ordo Draconis, 131
practical magic, 131
precurs
ors and progenitors of occult fiction, 131
Tartt, Donna, 134
O’Connor, Flannery (1925–1964), 652–655
anthologies and, 653
“The Artificial Nigger,” 653–654
awards and accolades, 653, 654–655
Bacon, Jon Lance, on, 652
birthplace of, 653
on classification of her stories, 109
death of, 653
Everything That Rises Must Converge, 654
on Faulkner, William, 366
full name of, 652
“The Geranium,” 653
“Good Country People,” 391–392, 653
“A Good Man is Hard to Find,” 404, 653
A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories, 653
illness of, 653
impact of, 653
influences on, 653
Manners and Mysteries, 654
the Misfit as an icon, 654
posthumous honors, 654–655
recent biographies, 654
reputation of, 652–653
Southern Gothic and Southern grotesque, 652, 653
style of, 653
The Violent Bear It Away, 654
Wise Blood, 653
The October Country (Bradbury), 655–656
Dark Carnival, 655
“The Homecoming,” 656
“Jack-in-the-Box,” 655
“The Man Upstairs,” 656
“The Next in Line,” 655
“The Scythe,” 656
“Skeleton,” 656
“The Small Assassin,” 655
“There Was an Old Woman,” 655
“Uncle Einar,” 656
Offenbach, Jacques
Tales of Hoffmann opera, 442
“Oh, Whistle, and I’ll Come to You, My Lad” (James), 67
Old French narrative poetry, 12
Oliver, Reggie (1952–), 656–659
atmosphere, 657
on being a horror writer, 657
biographer of Stella Gibbons, 656
collections of, 657
“The Dreams of Cardinal Vittorini,” 657
humor, 657
language, use of, 657
literary output of, 657
person’s character, 657
worldview in his fiction, 657
Onions, Oliver (1873–1961), 659–661
“The Beckoning Fair One,” 659, 660
characters of, 660
collections of his ghost stories, 660
compared to Le Fanu, 660
“The Painted Face,” 660
plausibility, attention to, 660
preferred horror theme of, 660
“The Real People,” 660
reputation of, 659
“Rooum,” 660
“The Rope in the Rafters,” 660
“The Rosewood Door,” 660
Widdershins, 660
Oppenheimer, Judy
Private Demons: The Life of Shirley Jackson, 482
Orca (1977), 57
Order of the Golden Dawn, 131, 132, 492, 579
Ordo Draconis, 131
Oresteia (Aeschylus), xxxii
The Other (Tryon), 661
film adaptation, 661
Heldman, I. P., on, 661
impact of, 117, 661
Joshi, S. T., on, 661
mainstream fiction and, 39
plot summary, 661
Otto, Rudolf, 645
Our Lady of Darkness (Leiber), 662–663
awards to, 662
comparisons with, 662
influences, 662
megapolisomancy, 662
“The Pale Brown Thing,” 662
plot summary, 662
“Out of the Deep” (de la Mare), 663–664
atmosphere of, 663
date published, 663
Freudian psychology and, 663
plot summary, 663
upper class’s fears of their subordinates, 663
The Outsider and Others (Derleth and Wandrei), 189, 190
Ovid’s Metamorphoses (8 CE), 797
Owen, Lauren, 42
Pacific Northwest Mythos, 203
page to screen: the influence of literary horror on film and television, 135–143
Addams Family (1964–1966), 141
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (CBS/ NBC, 1955–1962), 141
American International Pictures, 138
anthology and television, 141
background of, 135
Blade, 140
Bram Stoker’s Dracula, 136
Bride of Frankenstein (1935), 138
Browning, Todd, 136
Carrie, 140
Curse of Frankenstein (1957), 138
The Dead Zone, 140
Dracula (1897), 136
Dracula (1931), 136
Dracula (1958), 136
Dracula (made-for-television adaptation), 141
Drakula, Russian, 136
Drakula halala ( Dracula’s Death ), Hungarian, 136
The Exorcist, 139
Frankenstein (miniseries adaption), 141
Frankenstein (Whale, 1931), 136
Frankenstein: The True Story, 141
graphic novels, 140
Hammer Films, 136, 138
Harry Potter, 140
The Haunting, 139
The Haunting of Hill House, 139
Hellboy, 140
Hitchcock, Alfred, 139
horror fiction and horror films, 135–140
horror fiction and horror television, 140–142
I Am Legend, 139
Interview with the Vampire, 139
The Invasion of the Body Snatchers, 139
The Invisible Man (1933), 138
Jaws, 139
King, Stephen, cinematic adaptations of his works, 140
King, Stephen, television adaptations of his works, 142
Life Without Soul (1915), 136
Mary Reilly (1996), 138
Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (1994), 138
Misery, 140
The Mummy (1932), 138
The Munsters (1964–1966), 141
Nosferatu: eine Simphonie des Grauens, 136
notable cinematic horror adaptations, 137t
One Step Beyond (ABC, 1959–1961), 141
The Outer Limits (ABC, 1963–1965), 141
Pet Sematary, 140
Psycho, 139
The Queen of the Damned, 139
Rosemary’s Baby, 139
Secret Window, 140
The Shining, 140
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1886), 138
Tales from the Crypt (HBO, 1989–1996), 141
Tales from the Dark Side (1983–1988), 141
Thriller (NBC, 1960–1962), 141
Twilight saga, 140
Twilight Zone (CBS, 1959–1954), 141
Universal monster movies, 136
Universal Pictures, 138
The Vampire Chronicles, 139
The Vampire Diaries, 142
The Walking Dead, 142, 872
The Wolf Man (1941), 138
Young Frankenstein (1974), 138
Palahniuk, Chuck (1962–), 665–666
Damned, 666
Diary, 665
Doomed, 666
Fight Club, 665
Fight Club, graphic novel sequel, 666
“Guts,” 666
Haunted, 665–666
his horror trilogy, 665, 666
image of horror and, 42
inspiration for the turn to horror, 666
literary output of, 665
Lullaby, 665
Paradise Lost (Milton), 53
Parnell, Thomas
“Night-Thoughts on Death” (Parnell), 21
Paulding, James Kirke, 680
Peake, Mervyn, 816
Gormenghast books, 816
Peake, Richard Brinsley
Presumption; or, the Fate of Frankenstein (, 126
Penny, Laurie, 380<
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penny dreadful, 666–668
best-known penny dreadfuls, 170, 667
The Boy’s Own Paper, Boys of England, 667
conversion of penny papers, 667
definition of, 666
Dick Turpin hero, 667
fuel for, 26
The Knight of the Road, 667
Newgate Calendar, 667
Penny Dreadful (Showtime horror series), 667–668
plagiarism and, 667
printing of, 666
serial stories, 667
Springhall, John, on, 170
Spring-Heeled Jack, 667
The Terrific Register, 667
Wild Boys of London; Or, The Children of the Night, 170
The Young Gentleman’s Journal, 667
Peri Hypsous (Longinus), 20
Peri thaumasion (On Wonderful Events), 7
Perrault, Charles, 798
Persae (Aeschylus), 5
Pettitt, Thomas, 115
The Phantom of the Opera, 668–670
Leroux, Gaston, 668
mythical, literary, and contemporary sources used in, 669–670
plot summary, 668–669
as a silent film released by Universal, 669–670
stage and screen adaptations, 669t, 670
“The Phantom ’Rickshaw” (Kipling), 670–671
Cornell, Louis, on, 670
first publication of, 670
Kipling on, 671
“Personal Daemon,” 671
plot summary, 670–671
Phantoms (Koontz), 671–673
as a film, 673
Koontz, Dean, 671–672
Morrison, Michael A., on, 672
plot summary, 672
subplot, 672
Taylor, D. W., on, 672
“Pickman’s Model” (Lovecraft), 673–675
appreciation of, 673
first publication of, 673
ghoul culture, 673
homages to, 673
Lovecraft’s description of Pickman’s paintings, 674
plot summary, 673–674
setting of, 673
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Wilde), 675–676
adaptations of, 676
book version of, 675, 676
compared to Stevenson’s The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, 675
criticism of magazine version, 676
first publication of, 675
homoeroticism, 675
Lewin’s version of, 676
major influences on, 675
plot summary, 675
A Rebours (Huysmans), 675
Plautus (T. Maccius Plautus), 6
Plutarch, 7
Pocket Books imprint, 89
Poe, Edgar Allan (1809–1849), 676–681, 808–809
birth date of, 677
“The Black Cat,” 70, 109, 677
Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, 678, 679
Broadway Journal, 680
Brown, Charles Brockden, and, 251
Bulwer-Lytton, Edward, and, 254
Burton’s Gentleman’s Magazine, 680
Campbell, Ramsey, on, 269
“The Coliseum,” 678
“The Conqueror Worm,” 81, 82–83, 550, 678
“The Conversation of Eiros and Charmion,” 55
criticism of, 676
death and burial of, 680
early years in Baltimore, 678