Classics and Contemporaries: Some Notes on Horror Fiction by S. T. Joshi - 2009-03-01

New York: Hippocampus Press, 2009. Trade paperback, Fine,. Allen Koszowski. New York: Hippocampus Press:, 2009. Trade paperback, Fine, 292 pp.<br/> Cover artwork by: Allen Koszowski This appears to be a sort of "Best of" S.T. Joshi. ". T. Joshi has established himself as a leading critic and scholar of the weird tale. Having begun by studying the work of H. P. Lovecraft, Joshi has expanded his interests to include the entire range of horror fiction from such classics as Lord Dunsany and Algernon Blackwood to such contemporaries as Ramsey Campbell, Stephen King, and Clive Barker. In this generous sampling of the reviews that Joshi has written in nearly thirty years as a critic, we find trenchant analyses of writers ranging from Arthur Machen, E. F. Benson, and Shirley Jackson to Peter Straub, Thomas Ligotti, Norman Partridge, and David J. Schow. Joshi also addresses such significant themes in horror fiction as the sub genre of dark suspense, the haunted house, Arkham House and… Read More

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