Clive Barker : the dark fantastic /
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| Author / Creator: | Winter, Douglas E., 1950- |
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Imprint: | New York : HarperCollins, c2002. |
| Description: | xiv, 671 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4714204 |
| Summary: | Clive Barker: a modern myth-maker, explorer of our darkest instincts and ultimate fears, the writer who -- more than any other contemporary figure -- has shaped our nightmares through diverse media. Novelist, playwright, scriptwriter, artist and director, he is a master at twisting the mundane to make it fantastic, frightening and ultimately meaningful.</p> Douglas E. Winter's detailed and highly literate biography, made possible by unprecedented access to Barker and his closest friends and family, offers readers a privileged insight into Barker's own story: his Liverpool childhood and adolescence; his forays into the world of theatre, mime and direction; his meteoric rise to fame as the author of the Books of Blood and Weaveworld, and the director of Hellraiser; his move to Hollywood to pursue a film career and his growth as an artist in many different media, which has taken him from theatre -- the first form of human expression -- into the digital age.</p> Interwoven with this revealing and personal journey into Barker's life is a grand tour through all of his fiction and film, from his earliest unpublished work -- including the short story "The Wood on the Hill," which is published here for the first time -- up to his most recent novel, Coldheart Canyon and beyond, giving a tantalising glimpse of things to come.</p> Clive Barker: The Dark Fantastic unlocks the beating heart of a polymath, a creator, a true artist, and reveals at last a man with one of the twentieth century's most phenomenal imaginations, and the vision to lead us on many strange and fabulous journeys in the years ahead.</p> |
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| Item Description: | "The authorized biography"--Spine. Originally published: London : HarperCollins, c2001. |
| Physical Description: | xiv, 671 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 556-646) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0066213924 : $24.95 |
