Killer Bodies offers a history of the single most critically derided subgenre in American superhero comics: the “bad girl” comics of the 1990s, which chronicled the blood-soaked adventures of barely dressed and improbably proportioned action heroines for an audience of adolescent boys. While not in any way attempting to rehabilitate the genre, which for the most part amply deserved its reputation as sexist and borderline pornographic, this book situates it within its original cult...

Choice Outstanding Academic Title 2014This book examines the connections between the growth of'terror fiction' - the genre now known as 'Gothic' - in the late eighteenthcentury, and the simultaneous appearance of the conceptual origins of'terrorism' as a category of political action. In the 1790s, Crawford argues, fourinter-connected bodies of writing arose in Britain: the historical mythology ofthe French Revolution, the political rhetoric of 'terrorism', the genr...

This book explores the history of the paranormal romance genre; from its origins in the revisionist horror fiction of the 1970s, via its emergence as a minor sub-genre of romantic fiction in the early 1990s, to its contemporary expansion in recent years into an often-controversial genre of mainstream fiction. Tracing the genre from its roots in older Gothic fiction written by and for women, it explores the interconnected histories of Gothic and romantic fiction, from Ann Radcliffe and Jane...

This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open Access programme and is available on www.bloomsburycollections.com.Why was Milton so important to the Romantics?How did 'Milton the Regicide', a man often regarded in his lifetime as a dangerous traitor and heretic, become 'the Sublime Milton'?The late eighteenth century saw a sudden and to date almost undocumented craze for all things Miltonic, the symptoms of which included the violation of h...

This book explores the ways in which poetic inspiration came to be associated with madness in early nineteenth-century Britain. By examining the works of poets such as Barrett, Browning, Clare, Tennyson, Townshend, and the Spasmodics in relation to the burgeoning asylum system and shifting medical discourses of the period, it investigates the ways in which Britain’s post-Romantic poets understood their own poetic vocations within a cultural context that insistently linked poetic talent wit...

En esta antología hemos reunido las mejores historias de ficción vampírica. Comprende desde obras germinales como "La novia de Corinto" de Goethe y "Christabel" de Coleridge, hasta creaciones que abordan directamente la figura del vampiro: entre otras, el inmortal "Vampiro" de Polidori, la exótica "Carmilla" de Sheridan Le Fanu y "Pues la sangre es la vida" de F. Marión Crawford. A modo de cierre, ofrecemos al lector dos auténticas rarezas provenientes de tierras latinoamericanas: "La tumb...

In this inspiring look at Joseph's life, Aaron Crawford shows how God faithfully works through every pit, prison, and palace we encounter. Through vivid storytelling and biblical insight, this book highlights the lessons of integrity, forgiveness, and trust that shaped Joseph's journey. Readers will discover how God's providence is at work even when circumstances feel confusing or unfair. Lessons from Joseph invites believers to see their own trials through the lens of God's sovereign, red...

National service and volunteerism enjoy a rich history in the United States and an emergent future in other parts of the world. However, there remains relatively scant evidence of overall impact of national service programs and volunteer effectiveness. This condition continues to threaten national service and volunteer programs with the risk of defunding and/or the risk of not investing sufficiently from the start. This book brings together a selection of diverse chapters written by a comb...

Planting the Seeds of ImaginationHolly Ordway has established herself as one of the preeminent voices in the field of cultural apologetics. Her ability to engage with the imagination is clearly demonstrated through her own scholarly work, most recently the paradigm-shifting Tolkien's Modern Reading, but her influence was critical in the founding of An Unexpected Journal as well. This collection of essays, poetry, and stories demonstrates her wide-...

This collection celebrates the macabre classics, the original vampire stories which have awaken the world's neverdying obsession with the mysterious creatures of the night. The edition includes: The Vampyre (John William Polidori) - this is widely considered the first modern vampire story, establishing key characteristics of the vampire as a suave, aristocratic figure, thus paving the way for future depictions. Carmilla (Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu) – this classic macabre story blends horror w...

Pure Evil is one of our greatest fears. No appeals to reason, no pleas of mercy or forgiveness will have the slightest impact on the mind of the oppressor. But in this volume our authors are rather more spiteful that we could at first imagine. Here they blight the lives of characters with Curses, Necromancy, Dark Magic and other assorted ghouls that care little about the fate of you or I.1 - Essence of Evil - Tales of Curses, Necromancy, Dark Magic & More - An Introduction2...

Sheila Barton is a big city investigative reporter who, due to a childhood encounter with a mysterious phantasm, harbors an obsession with the weird and supernatural.Rider Hague, an expert in the occult, is a self-labeled "professor" of the unexplained. Unbeknownst to Sheila, he is her source for all things out of the ordinary.Together, these two very human, very mortal people are going to come into contact with...The Undying!