William Hope Hodgson And The Rise Of The Weird

Author : Timothy S. Murphy
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 135036570X
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book William Hope Hodgson and the Rise of the Weird written by Timothy S. Murphy and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2023-06-01 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first comprehensive study of the works of William Hope Hodgson, one of the true innovators of Weird fiction, this book examines the Weird novels and stories upon which his posthumous reputation rests, his non-fantastic writing, identifiable literary influences, and the historical contexts in which he wrote. Focusing extensively upon major works such as The House on the Borderland (1908) and The Night Land (1912), Timothy S. Murphy surveys topics including Hodgson's experiments with code switching and linguistic experimentation; his depictions of racial and ethnic differences and gender and sexuality; the function of space and place in his writing; the adaptation of his shipboard experiences; and his use of abyssal time. With special attention paid to his paradoxical nihilist humanism, this book explores what made Hodgson a respected precursor to later innovators such as H. P. Lovecraft and C.L. Moore, and what makes him an important ancestor to 21st-century writers such as China Miéville, Greg Bear, and Charlie Jane Anders. Demonstrating how his work is both of his time and 'untimely', Murphy recovers Hodgson as the most significant figure to precede the fantastically popular but deeply controversial Lovecraft, as well as a figure whose work challenges what has thus far been accepted about the genre and the interpretive perspectives from which we view it.

Author : William Hope Hodgson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781613470497
Total Pages : 0 pages
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Download or read book William Hope Hodgson written by William Hope Hodgson and published by . This book was released on 2014-05-20 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new series presents the best of a single writer into one compact volume.

Author : William Hope Hodgson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780712364829
Total Pages : pages
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Download or read book The Weird Tales of William Hope Hodgson written by William Hope Hodgson and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : William Hope Hodgson
Publisher : Centipede Press
ISBN 13 : 9781933618579
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book William Hope Hodgson written by William Hope Hodgson and published by Centipede Press. This book was released on 2011-03-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The largest single collection of William Hope Hodgson's work, including four complete novels and the essential stories.

Author : William Hope Hodgson
Publisher : DigiCat
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 38 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Derelict written by William Hope Hodgson and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2023-11-17 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Derelict is a short story by William Hope Hodgson, first published in 1912. An elderly ship's doctor recounts a strange event that happened to him some years earlier, in the context of discussing his ideas about a fundamental life force that can manifest itself in the presence of proper materials. While sailing as a passenger, a sudden storm disables the ship. In the aftermath, a derelict vessel is discovered. Excerpt: "'Seen anything of Carnacki lately?' I asked Arkright when we met in the City. 'No,' he replied. 'He's probably off on one of his jaunts. We'll be having a card one of these days inviting us to No. 472, Cheyne Walk, and then we'll hear all about it. Queer chap that.'"

Author : William Hope Hodgson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781482073041
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Collected Short Stories of William Hope Hodgson written by William Hope Hodgson and published by . This book was released on 2013-01-25 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collected Short Stories of William Hope Hodgson is an anthology of weird fiction by William Hope Hodgson. This collection includes the following works of William Hope Hodgson: A Tropical Horror The Voice in the Night The Derelict Demons of the Sea Jack Grey, Second Mate The Goddess of Death The Terror Of The Water-Tank Eloi Eloi Lama Sabachthani or The Baumoff Explosive The Sea Horses The Shamraken Homeward-Bounder The Stone Ship The Thing in the Weeds The Gateway of the Monster The House among the Laurels The Whistling Room Enjoy!

Author : William Hope Hodgson
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Night Land written by William Hope Hodgson and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 1912 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This to be Love, that your spirit to live in a natural holiness with the Beloved, and your bodies to be a sweet and natural delight that shall be never lost of a lovely mystery.... And shame to be unborn, and all things to go wholesome and proper, out of an utter greatness of understanding; and the Man to be an Hero and a Child before the Woman; and the Woman to be an Holy Light of the Spirit and an Utter Companion and in the same time a glad Possession unto the Man.... And this doth be Human Love...." "...for this to be the especial glory of Love, that it doth make unto all Sweetness and Greatness, and doth be a fire burning all Littleness; so that did all in this world to have met The Beloved, then did Wantonness be dead, and there to grow Gladness and Charity, dancing in the years."

Author : Jeff VanderMeer
Publisher : Tor Books
ISBN 13 : 1466803193
Total Pages : 2482 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Weird written by Jeff VanderMeer and published by Tor Books. This book was released on 2012-01-24 with total page 2482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Lovecraft to Borges to Gaiman, a century of intrepid literary experimentation has created a corpus of dark and strange stories that transcend all known genre boundaries. Together these stories form The Weird, and its practitioners include some of the greatest names in twentieth and twenty-first century literature. Exotic and esoteric, The Weird plunges you into dark domains and brings you face to face with surreal monstrosities. You won't find any elves or wizards here...but you will find the biggest, boldest, and downright most peculiar stories from the last hundred years bound together in the biggest Weird collection ever assembled. The Weird features 110 stories by an all-star cast, from literary legends to international bestsellers to Booker Prize winners: including William Gibson, George R. R. Martin, Stephen King, Angela Carter, Kelly Link, Franz Kafka, China Miéville, Clive Barker, Haruki Murakami, M. R. James, Neil Gaiman, Mervyn Peake, and Michael Chabon. The Weird is the winner of the 2012 World Fantasy Award for Best Anthology At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Author : William Hope Hodgson
Publisher : Atlântico Press
ISBN 13 : 9898721065
Total Pages : 25 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Voice in the Night written by William Hope Hodgson and published by Atlântico Press. This book was released on 2015-02-10 with total page 25 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Voice in the Night, a short story by William Hope Hodgson, has been adapted by the cinema a number of times, most prominently in the 1963 Japanese film “Matango”. It also appeared in Alfred Hitchcock's paperback anthology “Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Stories They Wouldn't Let Me Do on TV”. William Hope Hodgson (1877 – 1918) was an English author that produced essays and novels, that mixes horror, fantastic fiction and science fiction. Hodgson used his experiences at sea to his short stories, many of which are set on the ocean. Hodgson’s single most famous story is probably The Voice in the Night”, where a fisherman’s aboard a ship in the North Pacific, on night watch in a fog-bank, hears a voice call out from the sea. The voice asks for food, but it insists it can come no closer, that it fears the light, and that God is merciful. In payment for the food it tells a frightening tale… The Voice in the Night integrates the collection “Classics of World Literature”, developed by Atlântico Press, a publisher company present in the global editorial market, since 1992.

Author : William Hope Hodgson
Publisher : DigiCat
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 142 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Ghost Pirates (Horror Classic) written by William Hope Hodgson and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2023-12-26 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This eBook has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Jessop is the only survivor of the final voyage of the Mortzestus, rescued from drowning by the crew of the passing Sangier. He begins to recount how he came to be aboard the ill-fated Mortzestus, the rumors surrounding the vessel and the unusual events that rapidly increase in both frequency and severity. He describes his confusion and uncertainty about what he believes he has seen, at times fearing for his own sanity.