Clive Barker Summary

Barker, Clive (1952—) For much of the 1980s, it was impossible to pick up any of Clive Barker's books without encountering on the cover this blurb from fright-master Stephen King: ... Read more

"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 "Bo... Read more

In the following review, Harley characterizes Incarnations as “hasty sketches … for completists only.” Clive Barker is an erratic talent. He has produced work that has redefined t... Read more

In the following review, Gates praises The Essential Clive Barker and details the history of Barker's novels and short fiction. Clive Barker is a sham, a charlatan, and a thief. There, I'... Read more

In the following excerpt, Wells presents highlights from his conversations with Barker in which the author summarizes his literary preoccupations. Clive Barker, novelist, artist, writer and director, ... Read more

In the following essay, Tuttle examines the connection between horror and fantasy in Barker's work, relating a conversation she had with the author just prior to the publication of Cabal. Commo... Read more

In the following essay, Epel presents Barker's thoughts on dreams and their importance to the artistic process. When I asked a friend to characterize the work of Clive Barker he replied, ȁ... Read more

In the following essay, Barker outlines the three plays—Colossus, Frankenstein in Love, and The History of the Devil—which comprise Incarnations. The dictionary defines incarnation vario... Read more

In the following review, Coven praises the stories of In the Flesh as grotesque, graphic, and disturbing. The four tales of horror in Clive Barker's In the Flesh are not made for fireside readi... Read more

In the following essay, Burns examines images of powerful females in Barker's short fiction, particularly the stories “Raw Head Rex” and “The Madonna.” Until recentl... Read more

In the following excerpt, Badley applies contemporary cultural theory, including feminist theory, to an analysis of representations of women in Barker's fiction. With Books of Blood, an obscure... Read more

In the following review, Tucker praises the stories in The Inhuman Condition, which he contends effectively “create an atmosphere of dread and foreboding.” Clive Barker is a young Englis... Read more

In the following review, D'Ammassa offers a brief description of some of the stories in The Inhuman Condition. This collection of five stories [The Inhuman Condition] was originally published i... Read more