Gothic Short Stories

Fiction & Literature, Horror, Science Fiction & Fantasy
Cover of the book Gothic Short Stories by David Blair, David Blair, David Stuart Davies, Wordsworth Editions Ltd
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: David Blair, David Blair, David Stuart Davies ISBN: 9781848705371
Publisher: Wordsworth Editions Ltd Publication: November 1, 2011
Imprint: Wordsworth Editions Language: English
Author: David Blair, David Blair, David Stuart Davies
ISBN: 9781848705371
Publisher: Wordsworth Editions Ltd
Publication: November 1, 2011
Imprint: Wordsworth Editions
Language: English

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.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

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.

More books from Wordsworth Editions Ltd

Cover of the book Thus Spake Zarathustra by David Blair, David Blair, David Stuart Davies
Cover of the book The Prophet by David Blair, David Blair, David Stuart Davies
Cover of the book Travels in the Interior of Africa by David Blair, David Blair, David Stuart Davies
Cover of the book Romeo and Juliet by David Blair, David Blair, David Stuart Davies
Cover of the book A Weekend Visit by David Blair, David Blair, David Stuart Davies
Cover of the book Frank & I by David Blair, David Blair, David Stuart Davies
Cover of the book Martin Chuzzlewit by David Blair, David Blair, David Stuart Davies
Cover of the book Tom Sawyer & Huckleberry Finn by David Blair, David Blair, David Stuart Davies
Cover of the book The Right Hand of Doom & Other Tales of Solomon Kane by David Blair, David Blair, David Stuart Davies
Cover of the book The Prince by David Blair, David Blair, David Stuart Davies
Cover of the book The Haunted Hotel & Other Stories by David Blair, David Blair, David Stuart Davies
Cover of the book Twelve Years a Slave: Including ; Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass by David Blair, David Blair, David Stuart Davies
Cover of the book Children of the Night: Classic Vampire Stories by David Blair, David Blair, David Stuart Davies
Cover of the book Doctor Thorne: A Barsetshire Novel by David Blair, David Blair, David Stuart Davies
Cover of the book Capital: Volumes One and Two by David Blair, David Blair, David Stuart Davies
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy