Horror Stories

Classic Tales from Hoffmann to Hodgson

AvDean of the... Jones, Darryl (Professor,Darryl Jones

Häftad, Engelska, 2018

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Beskrivning

The modern horror story grew and developed across the nineteenth century, embracing categories as diverse as ghost stories, the supernatural and psychological horror, medical and scientific horror, colonial horror, and tales of the uncanny and precognition. This anthology brings together twenty-nine of the greatest horror stories of the period, from 1816 to 1912, from the British, Irish, American, and European traditions. It ranges widely across the sub-genres to encompass authors whose terror-inducing powers remain unsurpassed. The book includes stories by some of the best writers of the century -- Hoffmann, Poe, Balzac, Dickens, Hawthorne, Melville, and Zola -- as well as established genre classics from M. R. James, Arthur Machen, Bram Stoker, Algernon Blackwood, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, and others. It includes rare and little-known pieces by writers such as William Maginn, Francis Marion Crawford, W. F. Harvey, and William Hope Hodgson, and shows the important role played by periodicals in popularizing the horror story. Wherever possible, stories are reprinted in their first published form, with background information about their authors and helpful, contextualizing annotation. Darryl Jones's lively introduction discusses horror's literary evolution and its articulation of cultural preoccupations and anxieties. These are stories guaranteed to freeze the blood, revolt the senses, and keep you awake at night: prepare to be terrified!

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2018-10-25
Mått:127 x 197 x 26 mm
Vikt:386 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Oxford World's Classics
Antal sidor:560
Förlag:OUP OXFORD
ISBN:9780199685448

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Darryl Jones has taught at Trinity College Dublin since 1994. Prior to this he taught in the University of Lodz, Poland. He has held Visiting Professorships at Dartmouth College, New Hampshire, Babes Bolyai University, Cluj, Transylvania, and Tongji University, Shanghai. He is the author or editor of twelve 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. Murphy, Palgrave Macmillan 2011), and for Oxford World's Classics, M. R. James, Collected Ghost Stories (OUP, 2011, 2013), Arthur Conan Doyle's Gothic Tales (2016), and H. G. Wells, The War of the Worlds (2017) and The Island of Doctor Moreau (2017).

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Horror Stories is a very impressive collection. It includes a number of tales that anyone who has a passionate interest in horror should have on their bookshelf, with staple titles known across horror aficionados as well as some lesser known works from some very prolific authors such as Arthur Conan Doyle, Bram Stoker, and E.F. Benson. With a very thorough and analytical introduction from Darryl Jones, you see the origins of these stories and the enduring influence they have had on the genre. You will not be disappointed.

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IntroductionNote on the TextSelect BibliographyChronologyE.T.A. HOFFMANN, The SandmanWILLIAM MAGINN, The Man in the BellJAMES HOGG, George Dobson's Expedition to HellHONORÉ DE BALZAC, La Grande BretêcheEDGAR ALLAN POE, BereniceSHERIDAN LE FANU, Strange Event in the Life of Schalken the PainterNATHANIEL HAWTHORNE, The Birth-MarkHERMAN MELVILLE, The Tartarus of MaidsFITZ-JAMES O'BRIEN, What Was It?CHARLES DICKENS, No. 1 Branch Line: The Signal-ManÉMILE ZOLA, The Death of Olivier BécailleRONALD ROSS, The Vivisector VivisectedROBERT-LOUIS STEVENSON, The Body-SnatcherRUDYARD KIPLING, The Mark of the BeastAMBROSE BIERCE, ChickamaugaCHARLOTTE PERKINS GILMAN,The Yellow Wall PaperARTHUR CONAN DOYLE, The Case of Lady SannoxBRAM STOKER, The SquawROBERT W. CHAMBERS, The Repairer of ReputationsARTHUR MACHEN, Novel of the White PowderRICHARD MARSH, The Adventure of Lady Wishaw's HandW. W. JACOBS, The Monkey's PawMARY E. WILKINS FREEMAN, Luella MillerM. R. JAMES, Count MagnusFRANCIS MARION CRAWFORD, For the Blood is the LifeALGERNON BLACKWOOD, The WendigoW. F. HARVEY, August HeatE. F. BENSON, The Room in the TowerWILLIAM HOPE HODGSON, The DerelictExplanatory Notes