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The World of Dracula Jigsaw Puzzle (1000 pieces)

Roger Luckhurst, Adam Simpson

Packs an incredible amount of detail into a single illustration so that every piece has visual interest - Adam's strong line makes for a jigsaw experience that is both challenging…

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The World of Frankenstein

Roger Luckhurst

Enter the gothic World of Frankenstein in this stunning jigsaw puzzle by Adam Simpson

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Zombies: A Cultural History

Roger Luckhurst

The zombie has shuffled with dead-eyed, remorseless menace from its beginnings in folklore and primitive superstition to become the dominant image of the undead. Roger Luckhurst sifts material from anthropology…

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Corridors: Passages of Modernity

Roger Luckhurst

We spend our lives moving through passages, hallways, corridors and gangways, yet they do not feature in architectural histories, monographs or guidebooks. They are overlooked, undervalued and unregarded, seen as…

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The Trauma Question

Roger Luckhurst

Outlines the origins of the concept of trauma across psychiatric, legal and cultural-political sources from the 1860s to the coining of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in 1980. This book covers a…

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The Trauma Question

Roger Luckhurst

Outlines the origins of the concept of trauma across psychiatric, legal and cultural-political sources from the 1860s to the coining of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in 1980. This book covers a…

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Zombies: A Cultural History: A Cultural History

Roger Luckhurst

Zombies: A Cultural History, now available in paperback, gives a definitive short introduction to the zombie, exploring the manifold meanings of this compelling, slow-moving yet relentless monster.

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Alien

Roger Luckhurst

Alien, that legendary fusion of science fiction and horror, was born out of a terrible monster movie script called Star Beast. Tracing the constellation of talents that came together to…

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The Invention of Telepathy

Roger Luckhurst

Explores telepathy, an enduring concepts that emerged from the late nineteenth century. This book addresses several questioning regarding telepathy, and investigates these questions in a study that mixes the history…

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The Ghost Stories of M. R. James

The second in a series of republished classic literature, The Ghost Stories of M. R. James collects the tales that best illustrate his quiet mastery of the ghost story form.

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Science Fiction

Roger Luckhurst

* This is the first volume to cover science fiction right up to the present day and includes a substantial last chapter on the rejuvenation of science fiction in the…

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Science Fiction

Roger Luckhurst

* This is the first volume to cover science fiction right up to the present day and includes a substantial last chapter on the rejuvenation of science fiction in the…

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Late Victorian Gothic Tales

This anthology collects together some of the most famous examples of the Gothic tale in the 1890s, with stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, Vernon Lee, Henry James and Arthur Machen…

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The Cambridge Companion to Dracula

This celebrated Gothic novel is explored through essays providing critical, historical, anthropological, philosophical and intellectual contexts that serve to further the understanding and appreciation of Dracula in all its many…

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The Cambridge Companion to Dracula

This celebrated Gothic novel is explored through essays providing critical, historical, anthropological, philosophical and intellectual contexts that serve to further the understanding and appreciation of Dracula in all its many…

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Gothic: An Illustrated History

Professor Roger Luckhurst

A richly illustrated history of the Gothic across a wide range of media, including architecture, literature, and film.

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The Shining

Roger Luckhurst (Birkbeck, University of London, UK)

Stanley Kubrick hailed The Shining as ‘the scariest horror film of all time’ before its release in 1980.

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Literature and The Contemporary: Fictions and Theories of the Present

This book provides through twelve essays evidence of the way in which the literature of the 1990s is constantly engaging in questions of memory and history and the representation of…

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Literature and The Contemporary: Fictions and Theories of the Present

This book provides through twelve essays evidence of the way in which the literature of the 1990s is constantly engaging in questions of memory and history and the representation of…

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The Fin de Siecle: A Reader in Cultural History, c.1880-1900

The cultural history of the Fin de Siecle is configured in this anthology of writings from 1880-1900. Included are sections on Degeneration, Outcast London, The Metropolis, The New Woman, Literary…

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The Fin de Siecle: A Reader in Cultural History, c.1880-1900

The cultural history of the Fin de Siecle is configured in this anthology of writings from 1880-1900. Included are sections on Degeneration, Outcast London, The Metropolis, The New Woman, Literary…

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The Portrait of a Lady

Henry James

Considered by many as one of the finest novels in the English language, The Portrait of a Lady is both a dramatic Victorian tale of betrayal and a wholly modern…

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Dracula

Bram Stoker

Bram Stoker’s 1897 Gothic shocker introduced Count Dracula to the world. He plans to wreak havoc on London, and only a small band of men and women, led by Professor…

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The Mummy’s Curse: The true history of a dark fantasy

Roger Luckhurst (Professor in Modern and Contemporary Literature, Birkbeck, University of London)

A quirky history that offers a new way of understanding the myth of the mummy’s curse. Roger Luckhurst provides a startling path through the cultural history of Victorian England and…

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The Mummy’s Curse: The true history of a dark fantasy

Roger Luckhurst (Professor in Modern and Contemporary Literature, Birkbeck, University of London)

A quirky history that offers a new way of understanding the myth of the mummy’s curse. Roger Luckhurst provides a startling path through the cultural history of Victorian England and…

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Round the Red Lamp

Arthur Conan Doyle

An often overlooked collection in Arthur Conan Doyle's career, these tales actually track the vital moment in his life when he decided to shift careers from provincial medic to celebrated…

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The Classic Horror Stories

H. P. Lovecraft

H. P. Lovecraft is a major writer of horror stories, in the genre of ‘weird fiction’. This new edition brings together his core ‘classic’ fictions with a full contextual introduction…

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The Time Machine

H. G. Wells

The Time Machine is a scientific romance that helped invent the genre of science fiction and the time travel story. This edition features a contextual introduction, detailed explanatory notes, and…

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King Solomon’s Mines

H. Rider Haggard

Allan Quatermain leads an expedition in search of a missing man and the fabled King Solomon’s mines in deepest Africa. His exciting adventures captivated readers, and this new edition looks…

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The Classic Horror Stories

H. P. Lovecraft

H. P. Lovecraft is a major writer of horror stories, in the genre of ‘weird fiction’. This new edition brings together his core ‘classic’ fictions with a full contextual introduction…

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Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and Other Tales

Robert Louis Stevenson

Stevenson’s short novel, published in 1886, became an instant classic. It was a Gothic horror originating in a feverish nightmare, that has thrilled readers ever since. Also included in this…

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The Angle Between Two Walls: The Fiction of J G Ballard

Roger Luckhurst (School of English & Humanities, Birkbeck College, University of London (United Kingdom))

This is the first theoretically informed book on Ballard, reading his work not only within the science fiction genre, but also connecting it to issues of popular culture and legitimisation…

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Learning to Be Human Short Stories

A fascinating, new collection of short stories from open submissions about machine learning, AI, Big Data and humankind struggling to find its identity now, in the past, and the future…

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China Mieville

The chapters in this collection respond to the range of interests that have shaped Mieville's fiction. This collection demonstrates how Mieville's fictions offer a striking example of contemporary literature's ability…

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Victorian Science and Literature, Part II vol 5

Gowan Dawson,Bernard Lightman,Claire Brock,Marwa Elshakry,Sujit Sivasundaram

This eight-volume, reset edition in two parts collects rare primary sources on Victorian science, literature and culture

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Victorian Science and Literature, Part II vol 6

Gowan Dawson,Bernard Lightman,Claire Brock,Marwa Elshakry,Sujit Sivasundaram

This eight-volume, reset edition in two parts collects rare primary sources on Victorian science, literature and culture

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Victorian Science and Literature, Part II vol 7

Gowan Dawson,Bernard Lightman,Claire Brock,Marwa Elshakry,Sujit Sivasundaram

This eight-volume, reset edition in two parts collects rare primary sources on Victorian science, literature and culture

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Victorian Science and Literature, Part II vol 8

Gowan Dawson,Bernard Lightman,Claire Brock,Marwa Elshakry,Sujit Sivasundaram

This eight-volume, reset edition in two parts collects rare primary sources on Victorian science, literature and culture

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The Astounding Illustrated History of Fantasy & Horror

Roger Luckhurst,Mike Ashley,Michael Kerrigan

Companion title to The Astounding Illustrated History of Science Fiction this new book reflects the same roots in Gothic literature but follows a complementary path through the 20th century, featuring…

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Supernatural Horror Short Stories

Another dark tome of terror to follow in the footsteps of our wildly successful Gothic Fantasy, deluxe edition short story compilations, Ghosts, Horror, Science Fiction, Murder Mayhem and Crime &amp…

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London Gothic: Place, Space and the Gothic Imagination

An exploration of London and gothic representation in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries through a variety of media.

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