{"product_id":"the-weird-a-companion-paperback","title":"The Weird: A Companion - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSimon Bacon\u003c\/b\u003e (Other), \u003cb\u003eCarl H. Sederholm\u003c\/b\u003e (Volume Editor), \u003cb\u003eKristopher Woofter\u003c\/b\u003e (Volume Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWeird works unsettle, decentering humanity on a cosmic scale and, at other times, breaking down the human barriers erected around race, class, gender, and sexuality. Featuring a comprehensive editors' introduction to the Weird as a mode engaging with forms of knowledge, transcendence, and resistance, this collection offers a broad-reaching discussion of Weird fiction, film, art, and thought. Its 31 essays explore theoretical and philosophical applications of the Weird, such as Black Metal Theory, and key Weird themes and tropes such as cosmic horror, radical embodiment and sensation, dark ecological speculation, and forms of alterity. Essays are highly varied in period focus and subject matter, ranging from early Weird works by William Hope Hodgson and Conan creator Robert E. Howard, to the surrealist paintings of Leonora Carrington, to more recent works by David Lynch, Octavia Butler, and Yorgos Lanthimos.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCarl H. Sederholm\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor of Interdisciplinary Humanities at Brigham Young University. He is the editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Journal of American Culture\u003c\/i\u003e, the co-author of \u003cem\u003ePoe, the \u003c\/em\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eHouse of Usher\u003c\/em\u003e\"\u003cem\u003e, \u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eand the American Gothic\u003c\/em\u003e, and the co-editor of several volumes, including \u003ci\u003eAdapting Poe\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Age of Lovecraft\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLovecraft in the 21\u003csup\u003est\u003c\/sup\u003e Century\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eForgotten Disney\u003c\/i\u003e. He is also the author of multiple essays on authors such as Stephen King, Edgar Allan Poe, H. P. Lovecraft, and Shirley Jackson.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKristopher Woofter\u003c\/strong\u003e teaches in the English Department at Dawson College, Montréal. He is the editor of the journal \u003ci\u003eMonstrum\u003c\/i\u003e and the Bram Stoker Award-nominated volume \u003ci\u003eShirley Jackson: A Companion\u003c\/i\u003e. He is co-editor of \u003ci\u003eAmerican Twilight: The Cinema of Tobe Hooper\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eJoss Whedon vs. the Horror Tradition\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eRecovering 1940s Horror Cinema\u003c\/i\u003e. Other publications include essays on F.W. Murnau's \u003ci\u003eNosferatu\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Incredible Shrinking Man\u003c\/i\u003e, and the documentaries \u003ci\u003eThe Hellstrom Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eInto Eternity\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 418\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.89 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 22, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47176776253689,"sku":"9781803741383","price":68.31,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/O6vx4Vn5aw9781803741383.webp?v=1767686699","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-weird-a-companion-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}