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Read [Oxford University Press Book] * Horror Stories: Classic Tales from Hoffmann to Hodgson Online * PDF eBook or Kindle ePUB free. Horror Stories: Classic Tales from Hoffmann to Hodgson "Tales That Go Bump In The Night" according to Charlus. Darryl Jones, in his introduction to this anthology of stories from the OUP, traces the horror/terror binary, ostensibly to distinguish two different types of tales. Terror is "numinous,metaphysical dread", horror "shocking, often disgusting revelation" (p. xvi). Further commentators such as Ann Radcliffe and Stephen King throw in their. "Contains "The Wendigo"" according to Thomas J. Pernice. This is the only horror compilation I could fin
| Title | : | Horror Stories: Classic Tales from Hoffmann to Hodgson |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.46 (587 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0199685436 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 544 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-01-27 |
| Language | : | English |
This anthology brings together 29 of the greatest horror stories of the period from 1816 to 1912, from the British, Irish, American, and European traditions. James, Arthur Machen, Bram Stoker, Algernon Blackwood, Charlotte Perkins Gilman and others. It ranges widely across the sub-genres to encompass authors whose terror-inducing powers remain unsurpassed. R. It includes rare and little-known pieces by writers such as William Maginn, Francis Marion Crawford, W. These are stories guaranteed to freeze the blood, revolt the senses, and keep you awake at night: prepare to be terrified!. Harvey, and William Hope Hodgson, and shows the important role played by periodicals in popularizing the horror story. The book includes stories by s
"Tales That Go Bump In The Night" according to Charlus. Darryl Jones, in his introduction to this anthology of stories from the OUP, traces the horror/terror binary, ostensibly to distinguish two different types of tales. Terror is "numinous,metaphysical dread", horror "shocking, often disgusting revelation" (p. xvi). Further commentators such as Ann Radcliffe and Stephen King throw in their. "Contains "The Wendigo"" according to Thomas J. Pernice. This is the only horror compilation I could find that contains The Wendigo by Algernon Blackwood.
"From tales that are mildly creepy to full-out gory gems, these 29 stories from the 19th century should round out library horror collections." - Library Journal
Murphy, Palgrave Macmillan 2011), and M. He is the author or editor of nine books, including Horror: A Thematic History in Fiction and Film (Arnold/OUP 2002), It Came From the 1950s!: Popular Culture, Popular Anxieties (with Elizabeth McCarthy and Bernice M. He has held Visiting Professorships at Dartmouth College, New Hampshire, Babes Bolyai University, Cluj, Transylvania, and Tongji University, Shanghai. Prior to this he taught in the Universit
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