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Accursed or The Accursed may refer to: * ''The Accursed'' (Oates novel), 2013 *''The Accursed'', a 1994 book by Robert E. Vardeman *''The Accursed'', a 2013 book by Antony Cutler *''Thor, God of Thunder: The Accursed'', a comic book by Jason Aaron Jason Aaron (born January 28, 1973) is an American comic book writer, known for his creator-owned series '' Scalped'' and '' Southern Bastards'', as well as his work on Marvel series ''Ghost Rider'', ''Wolverine'', ''PunisherMAX'', ''Thor'', and ' ... See also * List of people known as the Accursed * Cursed (other) {{dab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Accursed (Oates Novel)
''The Accursed'' is the fifth volume of United States writer Joyce Carol Oates's Gothic series. The novel was published by Ecco Press, Ecco on March 5, 2013. It is set in and around Princeton, New Jersey, Princeton, New Jersey in the early twentieth century, and explores a variety of supernatural themes, tracing their effect upon members of several families who reside in the area. ''The Accursed'' contains a number of historical figures used in a fictional context, among them President Woodrow Wilson, and writers Mark Twain, Jack London and Upton Sinclair and his first wife Meta. ''The Accursed'' was well-reviewed by a number of major authors, with writer Stephen King describing it in ''The New York Times Book Review'' as "the world's first postmodern Gothic novel". References External links Joyce Carol Oates website 2013 American novels American gothic novels Novels by Joyce Carol Oates Novels set in New Jersey Novels set in the 1900s Princeton, New Jersey Ecco Pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert E
The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, honour, praise, renown" and ''berht'' "bright, light, shining"). It is the second most frequently used given name of ancient Germanic origin. It is also in use as a surname. Another commonly used form of the name is Rupert. After becoming widely used in Continental Europe it entered England in its Old French form ''Robert'', where an Old English cognate form (''Hrēodbēorht'', ''Hrodberht'', ''Hrēodbēorð'', ''Hrœdbœrð'', ''Hrœdberð'', ''Hrōðberχtŕ'') had existed before the Norman Conquest. The feminine version is Roberta. The Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish form is Roberto. Robert is also a common name in many Germanic languages, including English, German, Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish, Scots, Danish, and Icelandic. It can be use ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antony Cutler
Anton Gill (born in 1948) is a British writer of historical fiction and nonfiction. He won the H. H. Wingate Award for non-fiction for ''The Journey Back From Hell'', an account of the lives of survivors after their liberation from Nazi concentration camps. Personal life Gill was born in Ilford, Essex, and educated at Chigwell School and Clare College, Cambridge. He started writing professionally in 1984 after fifteen years in the theatre. He lives in London with his wife, the actress Marji Campi. Other than writing, his chief interests are travel and art. Career Gill worked as an actor and as a director in the theatre (especially at the Royal Court Theatre in London), for the Arts Council, and for the BBC and TV-am (as writer and producer) before turning to full-time writing.Anton Gill Fantastic Fiction He has been ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jason Aaron
Jason Aaron (born January 28, 1973) is an American comic book writer, known for his creator-owned series '' Scalped'' and '' Southern Bastards'', as well as his work on Marvel series ''Ghost Rider'', ''Wolverine'', ''PunisherMAX'', ''Thor'', and '' The Avengers''. Early life Jason Aaron was born in Jasper, Alabama. His cousin, Gustav Hasford, who wrote the semi-autobiographical novel ''The Short-Timers'' (1979), on which the feature film '' Full Metal Jacket'' (1987) was based, was a large influence on Aaron. Aaron decided he wanted to write comics as a child, and though his father was skeptical when Aaron informed him of this aspiration, his mother took Aaron to drug stores, where he would purchase comic books from spinner racks, some of which he still owned as of 2012. Aaron graduated from Shelby County High School. He then attended the University of Alabama at Birmingham, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in English. Career Aaron's career in comics began in 2001 when ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of People Known As The Accursed
The Accursed is an epithet applied to: People * John II of Salerno (died between 994 and 998), count of the palace of Salerno and acting regent for Prince Pandulf II * Sviatopolk I of Kiev (c. 980–1019), Prince of Turov and Grand Prince of Kiev * Toghrul of Ghazna (died 1053), Turkish slave general and usurper Fictional characters *Malekith the Accursed, a villain in the Marvel Comics universe *Uldor the Accursed, an Easterling who betrayed Maedhros in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth See also * Conomor the Cursed, sixth century ruler of Brittany * Alexander the Great Alexander III of Macedon ( grc, wikt:Ἀλέξανδρος, Ἀλέξανδρος, Alexandros; 20/21 July 356 BC – 10/11 June 323 BC), commonly known as Alexander the Great, was a king of the Ancient Greece, ancient Greek kingdom of Maced ..., called "gojastak" (accursed) in Zoroastrian literature {{DEFAULTSORT:Accursed Lists of people by epithet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
