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Late Victorian Gothic Tales
Roger (Ed Luckhurst
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Description for Late Victorian Gothic Tales
Paperback. 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. Editor(s): Luckhurst, Roger. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 336 pages, 4 line drawings. BIC Classification: DQ; FK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 240.
'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 fantastic possibilities into his head...' The Victorian fin de siècle: the era of Decadence, The Yellow Book, the New Woman, the scandalous Oscar Wilde, the Empire on which the sun never set. This heady brew was caught nowhere better than in the revival of the Gothic tale in the late Victorian age, where the undead walked and ... Read more
'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 fantastic possibilities into his head...' The Victorian fin de siècle: the era of Decadence, The Yellow Book, the New Woman, the scandalous Oscar Wilde, the Empire on which the sun never set. This heady brew was caught nowhere better than in the revival of the Gothic tale in the late Victorian age, where the undead walked and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Series
Oxford World's Classics
Condition
New
Weight
235g
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199538874
SKU
V9780199538874
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Reviews for Late Victorian Gothic Tales
The characters in Roger Luckhurst's excellent selection are variously assailed by mummies, bewitched by revived pagan goddesses, and doomed to inexorable decline by the misdeeds of their ancestors.
Times Literary Supplement
An excellent collection, especially for a relative newcomer to the genre since it includes some of the very best, but the introduction and notes make it a ... Read more
Times Literary Supplement
An excellent collection, especially for a relative newcomer to the genre since it includes some of the very best, but the introduction and notes make it a ... Read more