The Weird and the Eerie

A noted British cultural critic takes on some of the strangest works of art from the 20th century and dissects our fascination with the unsettling in popular music, film, and writing

What exactly are the Weird and the Eerie? Two closely related but distinct modes, and each possesses its own distinct properties. Both have often been associated with Horror, but this genre alone does not fully encapsulate the pull of the outside and the unknown.

In several essays, Mark Fisher argues that a proper understanding of the human condition requires examination of transitory concepts such as the Weird and the Eerie.

Featuring discussion of the works of: H. P. Lovecraft, H. G. Wells, M.R. James, Christopher Priest, Joan Lindsay, Nigel Kneale, Daphne Du Maurier, Alan Garner and Margaret Atwood, and films by Stanley Kubrick, Jonathan Glazer and Christopher Nolan.

Author: Mark Fisher
Publisher: Repeater
Published: 01/31/2017
Pages: 144
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.30lbs
Size: 7.60h x 4.80w x 0.40d
ISBN13: 9781910924389
ISBN10: 1910924385
BISAC Categories:
- Literary Criticism | Horror & Supernatural
- Religion | Christian Living | Death, Grief, Bereavement
- Social Science | Death & Dying

About the Author
Mark Fisher was the author of Capitalist Realism and Ghosts of My Life. He lectured at Goldsmiths, blogged at k-punk.abstractdynamics.org and wrote regularly for other publications including The Guardian. Tragically, he died in early 2017, just prior to the publication of The Weird and the Eerie.