Gothic Short Stories (Tales of Mystery & The Supernatural)

David Blair

ISBN 10: 1840224258 / ISBN 13: 9781840224252

Editore: Wordsworth Editions Ltd, United Kingdom, Herts, 2002

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Selected and Edited with an Introduction and Notes by David Blair, University of Kent at Canterbury. Late in the eighteenth century authors began to write Gothic stories as a way of putting literature back in touch with the irrational, the supernatural and the bizarre, which had been neglected in the Age of Reason. This superb new collection brings together stories from the earliest decades of Gothic writing with later 19th and early 20th century tales from the period in which Gothic diversified into the familiar forms of the ghost- and-horror-story. Work by writers such as Poe, Dickens, Hawthorne, Gaskell and M. R. James appears alongside that of anonymous writers from the start of the period and many lesser-known authors from Britain and America. Some of these stories, like the haunting The Lame Priest are lost masterpieces and several have never been anthologised before. Together they cover the spectrum of Gothic story-telling tales of madness and violence, of shape-shifters and spectres, that express some of the deepest fears of the human mind insanity, sexuality, death and the often terrible power of the past to catch up with the present. In a lively, authoritative introduction David Blair provides fresh insights and a detailed commentary on the stories place in the complex traditions of Gothic writing in British and American literature. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Codice articolo GOR000604032

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Titolo: Gothic Short Stories (Tales of Mystery & The...

Casa editrice: Wordsworth Editions Ltd, United Kingdom, Herts

Data di pubblicazione: 2002

Legatura: Paperback

Condizione: Very Good

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Selected and Edited with an Introduction and Notes by David Blair, University of Kent at Canterbury. Late in the eighteenth century authors began to write `Gothic' stories as a way of putting literature back in touch with the irrational, the supernatural and the bizarre, which had been neglected in the `Age of Reason'. This superb new collection brings together stories from the earliest decades of Gothic writing with later 19th and early 20th century tales from the period in which Gothic diversified into the familiar forms of the ghost- and-horror-story. Work by writers such as Poe, Dickens, Hawthorne, Gaskell and M. R. James appears alongside that of anonymous writers from the start of the period and many lesser-known authors from Britain and America. Some of these stories, like the haunting `The Lame Priest' are `lost masterpieces' and several have never been anthologised before. Together they cover the spectrum of Gothic story-telling - tales of madness and violence, of shape-shifters and spectres, that express some of the deepest fears of the human mind - insanity, sexuality, death and the often terrible power of the past to catch up with the present. In a lively, authoritative introduction David Blair provides fresh insights and a detailed commentary on the stories' place in the complex traditions of Gothic writing in British and American literature.

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Part of Wordsworth's Mystery & Supernatural series, featuring classic spine chilling tales, some previously unavailable for many years.