{"product_id":"the-weird-and-the-eerie","title":"The Weird and the Eerie","description":"                                            \u003cb\u003eA noted cultural critic unearths the weird, the eerie, and the horrific in 20th-century culture through a wide range of literature, film, and music references-from H.P. Lovecraft and Daphne Du Maurier to Stanley Kubrick and Christopher Nolan.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Featuring discussion of the works of- H. P. Lovecraft, H. G. Wells, M.R. James, Christopher Priest, Joan Lindsay, NigelKneale, Daphne DuMaurier, Alan Garner and Margaret Atwood, and films by Stanley Kubrick, JonathanGlazerand Christopher Nolan.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMark Fisher\u003c\/b\u003e was the author of\u003ci\u003eCapitalist Realism\u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003eGhosts of My Life\u003c\/i\u003e. He lectured at Goldsmiths, blogged atk-punk.abstractdynamics.org and wrote regularly for other publications including \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian.\u003c\/i\u003eTragically, he died in early 2017, just prior to the publication of \u003ci\u003eThe Weird and the Eerie\u003c\/i\u003e.\r\n                                        ","brand":"The Weird and the Eerie","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42283541233855,"sku":"9781910924389","price":27.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0614\/1689\/8751\/products\/9781910924389.jpg?v=1679034112","url":"https:\/\/www.popweasel.co.nz\/products\/the-weird-and-the-eerie","provider":"Pop Weasel","version":"1.0","type":"link"}