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| Name: |
Clive Barker | | Birth Date: |
1952 | | Place of Birth: |
Liverpool, England | | Nationality: |
British | | Gender: |
Male | | Occupations: |
Illustrator, Painter, Actor, Playwright, Screenwriter, Author |
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 Biography of Clive Barker
5069 words, approx. 16.9 pages
 Clive Barker was born on 5 October 1952 in Liverpool, England. His father, Len Barker, was in industrial relations; his mother, Joan Barker, was a teacher, and both were amateur artists. As a schoolboy, he studied a wide range of arts: illustration, dram... summary from source:
 Biography of Clive Barker
4564 words, approx. 15.2 pages
"Renaissance man" is a tag often associated with Clive Barker, and for good reason. Since exploding into the publishing scene in the mid-1980s with six volumes of horror short stories known as the "Books of Blood," Barker steadily expanded his reach to t...
Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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 Books of Blood Information
4,375 words, approx. 15 pages
 Books of Blood are a series of horror fiction collections written by the British author Clive Barker. There are six books in total, each simply subtitled Volume 1 through to Volume 6, and were subsequently re-published in two omnibus editions containing...
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 St. Joseph News-Press Blood, sweat and books
11/20/2005: 1,299 words, approx. 4 pages After passing back about 35 tests to respective groans and sighs of relief, Dr. Daniel Trifan shuts his black leather briefcase and begins his Monday morning lecture. "Witchcraft is the idea that one can use dark forces to influence events here on Earth,"... summary from source:
The Independent - London Books Of Blood And Cochineal
08/11/1996: 3,941 words, approx. 13 pages Since I was on my way to the airport later in the day, I arrived on Edna O'Brien's doorstep in Knightsbridge carrying a black bag. She politely suppressed a shriek when she saw it. "Don't worry," I said, "I haven't come to stay for... summary from source:
 The New York Observer Superstar Ignatieff Leaves Harvard, Times To Save the Canadians
12/4/2005: 2,883 words, approx. 10 pagesOn Monday, Nov. 28, the government of Canada “fell” and Michael Ignatieff—the Harvard professor of human-rights policy, intellectual supporter of the war in Iraq and contributor of many thousands of words of copy to The New York Times Magazine—put the Canadians out of their misery.... summary from source:
The New York Observer Superstar Ignatieff Leaves Harvard, Times To Save the Canadians
12/4/2005: 2,884 words, approx. 10 pages On Monday, Nov. 28, the government of Canada “fell” and Michael Ignatieff—the Harvard professor of human-rights policy, intellectual supporter of the war in Iraq and contributor of many thousands of words of copy to The New York Times Magazine—put the Canadians out of their...
Literary Criticism
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 Critical Essay by Linda Badley
15,037 words, approx. 50 pages
In the following essay, Badley analyzes Barker's Books of Blood, his films, and his other literary work.
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Critical Review by Michael Morrison
3,285 words, approx. 11 pages
In the following review, Morrison explores thematic and stylistic aspects of the short stories in the first three Books of Blood.
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Critical Essay by Stefan Dziemianowicz
1,952 words, approx. 7 pages
In the following excerpt, Dziemianowicz treats Barker's Books of Blood as a forerunner of the splatterpunk horror fiction movement in the late 1980s.
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