Joshi's Driven to Madness with Fright

I've been drifting in and out of Lovecraft country since the summer collecting books that appear to offer some overviews. Lovecraft and weird fiction scholar S. T. Joshi offers this interesting, self-published collection of his recent essays and reviews. It is a very informative collection with much insight into contemporary weird fiction.


Driven to Madness with Fright: Further Notes on Horror Fiction
Paperback – December 1, 2016
by S. T. Joshi (Author)

For more than 30 years, S. T. Joshi has been a pioneering critic of fantasy, horror, and supernatural fiction. This new collection of his essays and reviews covers the entire range of weird fiction, from Romantic poetry to the work of Ambrose Bierce, Ray Bradbury, and Shirley Jackson. Particularly insightful are Joshi's assessments of such contemporary writers as Ramsey Campbell, Caitlin R. Kiernan, Thomas Ligotti, and Reggie Oliver. Joshi, the leading authority on H. P. Lovecraft, also provides pungent analyses of recent works of Lovecraftian fiction by such figures as W. H. Pugmire and Darrell Schweitzer, as well as incisive reviews of recent works of Lovecraft scholarship. All in all, this book will engage, entertain, and inform all devotees of weird fiction.

For purchase at Amazon.com at https://www.amazon.com/Driven-Madness-Fright-Further-Fiction/dp/154077080X/.