Weird Mysticism: Philosophical Horror and the Mystical Text

by Brad Baumgartner

Weird Mysticism identifies and evaluates a new category of theoretical inquiry by showing the influence of speculative writing on three intersecting critical categories: horror fiction, apophatic mysticism, and philosophical pessimism. Exploring the work of Thomas Ligotti, Georges Bataille, and E. M. Cioran, Baumgartner argues that these "weird mystics" employ an innovative mode of negative writing that seeks to merge new conceptions of reality...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1683932870
• ISBN13: 9781683932871
• Release Date: November 2020
• Publisher: Lehigh University Press
• Length: 170 Pages
• Weight: 0.93 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"