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List Of Works By Russell Kirk
This is a list of works by American writer Russell Kirk. Fiction This is a complete list of fictional works by Russell Kirk. These comprise only a small portion of Kirk's published writings. See the "Fiction" subsection of the article on Kirk for a descriptive overview of his fiction. Novels Kirk wrote three book-length novels. Two of them underwent a revised edition. Listed below, by sequence of publication, are both the original texts and the revisions, with some bibliographic notes. Old House of Fear *''Old House of Fear'', original text (New York, NY: Fleet Publishing Corporation, 1961): **Pre-ISBN **Hardback, 256 pp. **Reprinted later in paperback by several other publishers *Remains to the present as a reprint by one publisher ****Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2007: ***** ***** Trade paperback, 194 pp. *****This is the only book-length edition of Kirk's fiction to remain in print *****The author's dedication in all previous editions is omitted by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russell Kirk
Russell Amos Kirk (October 19, 1918 – April 29, 1994) was an American political philosopher, moralist, historian, social critic, literary critic, author, and novelist who influenced 20th century American conservatism. In 1953, he authored '' The Conservative Mind'', which traced the development of conservative thought in the Anglo-American tradition and Edmund Burke. The book helped influence the post-World War II American conservative movement. Kirk is considered the chief proponent of traditionalist conservatism. He was also an accomplished author of Gothic and ghost story fiction and is often cited as one of the most significant conservative men of letters of the 20th century. Early life and education Kirk was born in Plymouth, Michigan, on October 19, 1918, the son of Russell Andrew Kirk, a railroad engineer, and Marjorie Pierce Kirk. Kirk attended Michigan State University, where he received a Bachelor of Arts, and Duke University, where he was awarded a Master of Arts. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Front Royal, Virginia
Front Royal is the only incorporated town in Warren County, Virginia, United States. The population was estimated at 15,400 as of 2023. It is the county seat of Warren County. History The entire Shenandoah Valley including the area to become Front Royal was annexed and claimed for hunting by the Iroquois Confederation during the later Beaver Wars, by 1672. Some bands of the Shawnee settled in the area as client groups to the Iroquois and alternately to the Cherokee after 1721. The Iroquois formally sold their entire claim east of the Alleghenies to the Virginia Colony at the Treaty of Lancaster in 1744. Front Royal, originally settled in 1754, had been known to European explorers as early as the 1670s, and the nearby settlement of Chester's Ferry was in existence by 1736. The town also had a well-known nickname by the 1790s, "Helltown," due to the many livestock wranglers and boatmen on the Shenandoah coming through the area, who came into town looking for alcohol. It was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Science Fiction
Science fiction (often shortened to sci-fi or abbreviated SF) is a genre of speculative fiction that deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts. These concepts may include information technology and robotics, biological manipulations, space exploration, time travel, Parallel universes in fiction, parallel universes, and extraterrestrials in fiction, extraterrestrial life. The genre often explores human responses to the consequences of projected or imagined scientific advances. Science fiction is related to fantasy (together abbreviated wikt:SF&F, SF&F), Horror fiction, horror, and superhero fiction, and it contains many #Subgenres, subgenres. The genre's precise Definitions of science fiction, definition has long been disputed among authors, critics, scholars, and readers. Major subgenres include hard science fiction, ''hard'' science fiction, which emphasizes scientific accuracy, and soft science fiction, ''soft'' science fiction, which focuses on social sciences. Other no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fantasy
Fantasy is a genre of speculative fiction that involves supernatural or Magic (supernatural), magical elements, often including Fictional universe, imaginary places and Legendary creature, creatures. The genre's roots lie in oral traditions, which later became fantasy literature, fantasy literature and drama. From the twentieth century onward, it has expanded into various media, including film, television, graphic novels, manga, animation, and video games. The expression ''fantastic literature'' is often used for this genre by Anglophone literary critics. An archaic spelling for the term is ''phantasy''. Fantasy is generally distinguished from the genres of science fiction and horror fiction, horror by an absence of scientific or macabre themes, although these can occur in fantasy. In popular culture, the fantasy genre predominantly features settings that reflect the actual Earth, but with some sense of otherness. Characteristics Many works of fantasy use magic (paranorma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Summer
Summer or summertime is the hottest and brightest of the four temperate seasons, occurring after spring and before autumn. At or centred on the summer solstice, daylight hours are the longest and darkness hours are the shortest, with day length decreasing as the season progresses after the solstice. The earliest sunrises and latest sunsets also occur near the date of the solstice. The date of the beginning of summer varies according to definition, climate, tradition, and culture. When it is summer in the Northern Hemisphere, it is winter in the Southern Hemisphere, and vice versa. Etymology The modern English ''summer'' derives from the Middle English ''somer'', via the Old English ''sumor''. Timing From an astronomical view, the equinoxes and solstices would be the middle of the respective seasons, but sometimes astronomical summer is defined as starting at the solstice, the time of maximal insolation, often identified with 21 June or 21 December. By solar reckonin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arkham House
Arkham House was an American publishing house specializing in weird fiction. It was founded in Sauk City, Wisconsin, in 1939 by August Derleth and Donald Wandrei to publish hardcover collections of H. P. Lovecraft's best works, which had previously been published only in pulp magazines. The company's name is derived from Lovecraft's fictional New England city, Arkham, Massachusetts. Arkham House editions are noted for the quality of their printing and binding. The printer's mark for Arkham House was designed by Frank Utpatel. Founding In late 1937, after Lovecraft's death, Derleth and Wandrei sought to produce a collection of their friend's best weird fiction from the pulp magazines into a memorial volume. After several failed attempts to interest major publishers in the omnibus volume, the two men realized no publisher would be willing to take a chance with the collection. Derleth and Wandrei then decided to form their own company, Arkham House with the express pur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sauk City, Wisconsin
Sauk City is a village in Sauk County, Wisconsin, United States, located along the Wisconsin River. The population was 3,518 as of the 2020 census. The first incorporated village in the state, the community was founded by Agoston Haraszthy and his business partner, Robert Bryant in the 1840s. History Impressed by the beautiful scenery, Agoston Haraszthy, a charismatic Hungarian sometimes called "Count" Haraszthy, purchased a small plot of land along the Wisconsin River in 1840. Later, with his English-born business partner, Robert Bryant, Haraszthy bought additional land and founded the town of Haraszthy (originally called Széptáj, Hungarian for "beautiful place"). In 1849, the name of the town was changed to Westfield. Three years later, in 1852, it was changed again, this time to the current name of Sauk City. The community was incorporated as a village in 1854, making Sauk City the oldest incorporated village in the state. In 1852, German immigrants founded the Sauk Ci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Watchers At The Strait Gate
''Watchers at the Strait Gate'' is a collection of stories by American writer Russell Kirk. It was released in 1984 and was the author's second book published by Arkham House Arkham House was an American publishing house specializing in weird fiction. It was founded in Sauk City, Wisconsin, in 1939 by August Derleth and Donald Wandrei to publish hardcover collections of H. P. Lovecraft's best works, which had ..., and Kirk's third collection of supernatural stories. It was published in an edition of 3,459 copies. Contents ''Watchers at the Strait Gate'' contains the following tales: # "A Cautionary Note on the Ghostly Tale" # "The Invasion of the Church of the Holy Ghost" # "The Surly Sullen Bell" # "The Peculiar Demesne of Archvicar Gerontion" # "Uncle Isaiah" # "The Reflex-Man in Whinnymuir Close" # "What Shadows We Pursue" # "Lex Talionis" # "Fate's Purse" # "An Encounter by Mortstone Pond" # "Watchers at the Strait Gate" Sources * * * * 1984 short story coll ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Fiction By Russell Kirk
This is a list of works by American writer Russell Kirk. Fiction This is a complete list of fictional works by Russell Kirk. These comprise only a small portion of Kirk's published writings. See the "Fiction" subsection of the article on Kirk for a descriptive overview of his fiction. Novels Kirk wrote three book-length novels. Two of them underwent a revised edition. Listed below, by sequence of publication, are both the original texts and the revisions, with some bibliographic notes. Old House of Fear *''Old House of Fear'', original text (New York, NY: Fleet Publishing Corporation, 1961): **Pre-ISBN **Hardback, 256 pp. **Reprinted later in paperback by several other publishers *Remains to the present as a reprint by one publisher ****Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2007: ***** ***** Trade paperback, 194 pp. *****This is the only book-length edition of Kirk's fiction to remain in print *****The author's dedication in all previous editions is omitted by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
London Mystery Magazine
''The London Mystery Magazine'' (the word "The" was dropped from the cover after the fourth issue, although it remained inside), known as ''The London Mystery Selection'' (just ''London Mystery'' on the cover) from 1958, was the longest running British mystery magazine lasting from 1949 to its 132nd issue in 1982. Fantasy stories were also published in the magazine, often up to a third of an issue. History ''London Mystery Magazine'' was the idea of editor Michael Hall, a Manchester, England newspaperman and British Army Veteran who was inspired when he walked past the 200 block of Baker Street in London. Though based in Lower Belgrave Street, Hall obtained permission from the Royal Mail to receive mail at the address of 221b Baker Street then the area of Abbey House of the Abbey Road Building Society. A company official of the Building Society named Samuel William Gibson Morton had answered letters addressed to Sherlock Holmes that had been previously sent there. After 15 issue ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Magazine Of Fantasy And Science Fiction
''The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction'' (usually referred to as ''F&SF'') is a U.S. fantasy and science-fiction magazine, first published in 1949 by Mystery House, a subsidiary of Lawrence Spivak's Mercury Press. Editors Anthony Boucher and J. Francis McComas had approached Spivak in the mid-1940s about creating a fantasy companion to Spivak's existing mystery title, '' Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine''. The first issue was titled ''The Magazine of Fantasy'', but the decision was quickly made to include science fiction as well as fantasy, and the title was changed correspondingly with the second issue. ''F&SF'' was quite different in presentation from the existing science-fiction magazines of the day, most of which were in pulp format: it had no interior illustrations, no letter column, and text in a single-column format, which in the opinion of science-fiction historian Mike Ashley "set ''F&SF'' apart, giving it the air and authority of a superior magazine". ''F&S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acknowledgment (creative Arts)
In the creative arts and scientific literature, an acknowledgment (British English also acknowledgement is an expression of a gratitude for assistance in creating an original work. Receiving credit by way of acknowledgment rather than authorship indicates that the person or organization did not have a direct hand in producing the work in question, but may have contributed funding, criticism, or encouragement to the author(s). Various schemes exist for classifying acknowledgments; Cronin et al. give the following six categories: # # # [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
