The Dark Fantastic: Selected Essays from the Ninth International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts

by C.W. Sullivan III

This anthology of essays focuses on the darker side of the human condition as it appears in fantastic literature. The first section of the book, The Dark Self, takes its direction from Colin Manlove's essay on Stevenson's Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, a classic examination of the dark side of the self. Section two, Mainstream Dark, examines mainstream authors who have used elements of the fantastic in their dark visions. The Dark Arts, section three,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313294771
• ISBN13: 9780313294778
• Release Date: February 1997
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.11 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"