Late Victorian Gothic tales /
This anthology collects together some of the most famous examples of the Gothic tale in the 1890s, with stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, Vernon Lee, Henry James and Arthur Machen, as well as some lesser known yet superbly chilling tales from the era. The introduction explores the many reasons for the...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2005
Oxford : 2020 |
| Series: | Oxford world's classics (Oxford University Press)
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| Summary: | This anthology collects together some of the most famous examples of the Gothic tale in the 1890s, with stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, Vernon Lee, Henry James and Arthur Machen, as well as some lesser known yet superbly chilling tales from the era. The introduction explores the many reasons for the Gothic revival, and how it spoke to the anxieties of the moment. - ; 'He was a man of fairly firm fibre, but there was something in this sudden, uncontrollable shriek of horror which chilled his blood and pringled in his skin. Coming in such a place and at such an hour, it brought a thousand fantasti This anthology collects together some of the most famous examples of the Gothic tale in the 1890s, with stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, Vernon Lee, Henry James and Arthur Machen, as well as some lesser known yet superbly chilling tales from the era. The introduction explores the many reasons for the Gothic revival, and how it spoke to the anxieties of the moment. - ;'He was a man of fairly firm fibre, but there was something in this sudden, uncontrollable shriek of horror which chilled his blood and pringled in his skin. Coming in such a place and at such an hour, it brought a thousand fantasti This anthology collects together some of the most famous examples of the Gothic tale from the 1890s, with stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Vernon Lee, Henry James and Arthur Machen, as well as some lesser known yet superbly chilling tales from the era |
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| Item Description: | Previously issued in print: 2005 |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xliv, 282 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages xxxiv-xxxix) Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 019151702X 0192804804 6611346554 9780191517020 9780191921537 9780192804808 9786611346553 |
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