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| Title | : | American Supernatural Tales (Penguin Classics) |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.91 (783 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0143105043 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 512 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-06-07 |
| Language | : | English |
"Worthwhile" according to Reader in Tokyo. This book was published in 2007 and contained 26 short stories by as many authors. The works ranged from the 1820s (Washington Irving) to 2000 (Caitlin Kiernan). Of all the authors, three were women.From the 19th century, there were tales by Irving, Hawthorne, Poe, Fitz-James O'Brien, Bierce, Robert Chambers and Henry James. For the period between 1900 and the late 1920s, nothing was included. From the late 20s through the end of WWII, there were Lovecraft, Clark Ashton Smith, Robert E. Howard and Robert B. Carl said Shipped fast, good read.. This collection of great horror fiction is a must read for everyone. The product shipped very quickly and is priced low enough that everyone should purchase it.. Some great stories and some mediocre ones average out to an Zachary Some great stories and some mediocre ones average out to an acceptable but disappointing overview of the American supernatural tradition. Includes an extensive historical introduction and biographical notes for each author, which is nice, but which all reflect Joshi's usual partisan blind spots, which is less nice.Joshi opens by noting that the supernatural genre emerges in the 18th century as science delineated what is natural and what is beyond rational bounds (there's that liminality again). No one shou
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Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. American Supernatural Tales celebrates the richness of this tradition with chilling contributions from some of the nation’s brightest literary lights, including Poe himself, H. Lovecraft, Shirley Jackson, Ray Bradbury, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and—of course—Stephen King. As Stephen King will attest, the popularity of the occult in American literature has on
S. P. Lovecraft: A Life (1996), and The Modern Weird Tale (2001). Mencken, and is compiling a three-volume Encyclopedia of Supernatural Literature. He lives with his wife in Seattle, Washington. Joshi is a freelance writer and editor. T. He has edited Penguin Classics editions of H. L. P. . Lovecraft’s The Call of Cthu
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