Studies in the Fantastic #12

Studies in the Fantastic is a journal devoted to the speculative, fantastic, and weird in literature and other arts. Contents for this special issue on HBO’s Lovecraft Country include “Hippolyta’s Spiritual Awakening Through Spiritual Warfare in Lovecraft Country (2020)” by DeLisa D. Hawkes, “Man’s Fear of a Black Planet: Monstrous Ontological Encounters at Sundown in HBO’s Lovecraft Country” by Joseph Lewis, “Crafting Representation: Deploying Racecraftian Techniques to Critique Gender- and Sexuality- Swapping in HBO's Lovecraft Country” by Alexandra Stamson, and “The Utilization of Historical Reenactment in Lovecraft Country” by Mychal Reiff-Shanks. This issue also features an interview between Dani Bethea and Monika Negra, as well as John A. Dern’s review of Tony Magistrale and Jessica Slayton’s The Great Illustrators of Edgar Allan Poe. Read more