SFRA Pioneer Award
1 appearances
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Edition 6 (1995) Winner
Roger Luckhurst
ロジャー・ラックハースト
Rōjā Rakkahāsuto
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Languages
- English
Career
- Occupations
- Professor in Modern and Contemporary Literature, Distinguished Visiting Professor, Writer, Academic
- Active Years
- 1997-2025
- Affiliations
- Birkbeck, University of London, Columbia University
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Hull | — | — | — | — | United Kingdom |
| University of Sussex | — | — | — | — | United Kingdom |
University of Hull
Country:
United Kingdom
University of Sussex
Country:
United Kingdom
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
The Trauma Question
2008 Literary CriticismBook on trauma studies
Trauma
The Mummy’s Curse: The True History of a Dark Fantasy
2012 Cultural HistoryCultural history of mummy curses
MummiesCurses
Zombies: A Cultural History
2015 Cultural HistoryCultural history of zombies
Zombies
Bibliography
- The Angle Between Two Walls: The Fiction of J. G. Ballard
- The Invention of Telepathy, 1870-1901
- Science Fiction
- The Trauma Question
- The Mummy’s Curse: The True History of a Dark Fantasy
- Zombies: A Cultural History
- Corridors
- Gothic: An Illustrated History
- Graveyards: A History of Living with the Dead
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Academic criticismSpecialist in Gothic and SF
- Recurring Motifs
- GothicHorrorScience FictionTrauma
Legacy
British academic noted for work on Victorian literature, Gothic and weird fiction, trauma studies, and science fiction. Editor of Oxford World's Classics volumes and author of books on mummies and zombies.