Promethean Horrors

Classic Tales of Mad Science
Herausgeber: Reyes, Xavier Aldana

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Produktbeschreibung

From the imaginations of Gothic short-story writers such as Edgar Allen Poe, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Mary Shelley and H.P. Lovecraft came one of the most complex of villains - the mad scientist. Promethean Horrors presents some of the greatest mad scientists ever created, as each cautionary tale explores the consequences of pushing nature too far.

Produktdetails

• British Library Tales of the Weird
• Verlag: British Library Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. September 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 134mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 238g
• ISBN-13: 9780712352840
• ISBN-10: 0712352848
• Artikelnr.: 57470944

Autorenporträt

Xavier Aldana Reyes is Reader in English Literature and Film at Manchester Metropolitan University, and a founding member of the Manchester Centre for Gothic Studies. His books include Spanish Gothic, Horror: A Literary History, Horror Film and Affect, Digital Horror, and Body Gothic. Xavier is chief editor of the University of Wales Press's Horror Studies series.