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Classic happy Horror...,
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An enjoyable book that brings unknown short story French horror to your bedside.
I love Dedalus for its small triumphs like this.
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Horror Fans Should Not Overlook This Period of Literature,
By Michael Arnzen "gorelets.com" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Dedalus Book of French Horror: 19th Century (Paperback)
If there is any element of the horror genre that seems to be most overlooked by American fans of horror and dark fantasy, it's the French Decadents. I don't know why this is: there would be no Clive Barker, no Poppy Z. Brite, no Chuck Palahniuk...and perhaps no over-the-top horror films as we know them today 100 years later.
There are a lot of entry points into French Decadence -- the first NC17 genre of its kind, and in many ways still the most over-the-top writing ever put to the page. The most convenient starting place might be via Oscar Wilde or Baudelaire. Or you might seek out books like "The Torture Garden" or "Against the Grain". You could also buy "The Decadent Reader" or virtually any of the "Dedalus Book of..." series of anthologies. But I recommend THIS BOOK. The cover alone should convince you. Hale's anthology is a great starter set for those looking for writers willing to go into vastly uncomfortable territory. It includes a lot of the famous French writers; and many not so famous. And, to be fully biased, it includes one of my all-time favorite works of over-the-top insanity: "The Prisoner of His Own Masterpiece" by Edmund Haraucourt. [SPOILER FOLLOWS] In this tale, a man tries to poison his haughty lover by secreting a vial of poison in his mouth when he kisses her...and ends up stunned by the poison himself when he tries to do the deed...winding up immobile and virtually paralyzed while laying on top of her dead body for several days. This corpse is his 'masterpiece' and it's a wild experience. Read it! |
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