{"product_id":"the-age-of-lovecraft-carl-h-sederholm-9780816699254","title":"The Age of Lovecraft","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCo-winner, Ray \u0026amp; Pat Browne Award for Best Edited Collection in Popular Culture and American Culture \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Howard Phillips Lovecraft, the American author of \"weird tales\" who died in 1937 impoverished and relatively unknown, has become a twenty-first-century star, cropping up in places both anticipated and unexpected. Authors, filmmakers, and shapers of popular culture like Stephen King, Neil Gaiman, and Guillermo del Toro acknowledge his influence; his fiction is key to the work of posthuman philosophers and cultural critics such as Graham Harman and Eugene Thacker; and Lovecraft's creations have achieved unprecedented cultural ubiquity, even showing up on the animated program \u003ci\u003eSouth Park.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Age of Lovecraft\u003c\/i\u003e is the first sustained analysis of Lovecraft in relation to twenty-first-century critical theory and culture, delving into troubling aspects of his thought and writings. With contributions from scholars including Gothic expert David Punter, historian W. Scott Poole, musicologist Isabella van Elferen, and philosopher of the posthuman Patricia MacCormack, this wide-ranging volume brings together thinkers from an array of disciplines to consider Lovecraft's contemporary cultural presence and its implications. Bookended by a preface from horror fiction luminary Ramsey Campbell and an extended interview with the central author of the New Weird, China Mi ville, the collection addresses the question of \"why Lovecraft, why now?\" through a variety of approaches and angles. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A must for scholars, students, and theoretically inclined readers interested in Lovecraft, popular culture, and intellectual trends, \u003ci\u003eThe Age of Lovecraft \u003c\/i\u003eoffers the most thorough examination of Lovecraft's place in contemporary philosophy and critical theory to date as it seeks to shed light on the larger phenomenon of the dominance of weird fiction in the twenty-first century.\u003cp\u003eContributors: Jessica George; Brian Johnson, Carleton U; James Kneale, U College London; Patricia MacCormack, Anglia Ruskin U, Cambridge; Jed Mayer, SUNY New Paltz; China Mi ville, Warwick U; W. Scott Poole, College of Charleston; David Punter, U of Bristol; David Simmons, Northampton U; Isabella van Elferen, Kingston U London.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Carl H. Sederholm\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0816699259\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780816699254\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Minnesota Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 296\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.40w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2016","brand":"Carl H. Sederholm","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43947333681407,"sku":"9780816699254","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_c46d2bfc-a854-4501-869b-7e9324ee49d1.jpg?v=1681518102","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-age-of-lovecraft-carl-h-sederholm-9780816699254","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}