Review: A Century of Weird Fiction 1832-1937

By Jonathan Newell, A Century of Weird Fiction, 1832-1937: Disgust, Metaphysics and the Aesthetics of Cosmic Horror (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 2020. 272 pages) ISBN 9781786835451 Jonathan Newell’s A Century of Weird Fiction is not for the squeamish. It explores the connection between disgust and metaphysics in the stories of five authors: Edgar Allan …