The Stone Dragon and Other Tragic Romances
Title | The Stone Dragon and Other Tragic Romances PDF eBook |
Author | Murray Gilchrist |
Publisher | |
Pages | 248 |
Release | 1894 |
Genre | Fantasy fiction, English |
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The Literary World
Title | The Literary World PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 524 |
Release | 1894 |
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The Shape of Fear
Title | The Shape of Fear PDF eBook |
Author | Susan Jennifer Navarette |
Publisher | University Press of Kentucky |
Pages | 474 |
Release | 2021-05-11 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 0813182662 |
During the last decades of the nineteenth century, Charles Darwin, Thomas Henry Huxley, Walter Pater and others changed the nature of thought concerning the human body and the physical environment that had shaped it. In response, the 1890s saw the publication of a series of remarkable literary works that had their genesis in the intense scientific and aesthetic activity of those preceding decades—texts that emphasized themes of degeneration and were themselves stylistically decompositive, with language both a surrogate for physical deformity and a source of anxiety. Susan J. Navarette examines the ways in which scientific and cultural concerns of late nineteenth-century England are coded in the horror literature of the period. By contextualizing the structural, stylistic, and thematic systems developed by writers seeking to reenact textually the entropic forces they perceived in the natural world, Navarette reconstructs the late Victorian mentalité. She analyzes aesthetic responses to trends in contemporary science and explores horror writers' use of scientific methodologies to support their perception that a long-awaited period of cultural decline had begun. In her analysis of the classics Turn of the Screw and Heart of Darkness, Navarette shows how James and Conrad made artistic use of earlier "scientific" readings of the body. She also considers works by lesser-known authors Walter de la Mare, Vernon Lee, and Arthur Machen, who produced fin de siècle stories that took the form of "hybrid literary monstrosities." To underscore the fascination with bodily decay and deformation that these writers explored, The Shape of Fear is enhanced with prints and line drawings by Victor Hugo, James Ensor, and other artists of the day. This elegantly written book formulates a new canon of late Victorian fiction that will intrigue scholars of literature and cultural history.
Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature, Vol 1
Title | Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature, Vol 1 PDF eBook |
Author | R. Reginald |
Publisher | Wildside Press LLC |
Pages | 802 |
Release | 2010-09-01 |
Genre | Reference |
ISBN | 0941028755 |
Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature, A Checklist, 1700-1974, Volume one of Two, contains an Author Index, Title Index, Series Index, Awards Index, and the Ace and Belmont Doubles Index.
Vintage Vampire Stories
Title | Vintage Vampire Stories PDF eBook |
Author | Robert Eighteen-Bisang |
Publisher | Skyhorse Publishing Inc. |
Pages | 398 |
Release | 2011-05 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1616082348 |
A collection of macabre tales originally published from 1679 to 1909.
Glorious Perversity
Title | Glorious Perversity PDF eBook |
Author | Brian M. Stableford |
Publisher | Wildside Press LLC |
Pages | 162 |
Release | 1998-01-01 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 0809509083 |
A study of the decadent literary movements in England and France, focusing upon such poets and authors as Baudelaire and Oscar Wilde.
The Life and Letters of William Sharp and "Fiona Macleod". Volume 1: 1855-1894
Title | The Life and Letters of William Sharp and "Fiona Macleod". Volume 1: 1855-1894 PDF eBook |
Author | William F. Halloran |
Publisher | Open Book Publishers |
Pages | 408 |
Release | 2018-11-27 |
Genre | Literary Collections |
ISBN | 1783745037 |
William Sharp (1855-1905) conducted one of the most audacious literary deceptions of his or any time. Sharp was a Scottish poet, novelist, biographer and editor who in 1893 began to write critically and commercially successful books under the name Fiona Macleod. This was far more than just a pseudonym: he corresponded as Macleod, enlisting his sister to provide the handwriting and address, and for more than a decade "Fiona Macleod" duped not only the general public but such literary luminaries as William Butler Yeats and, in America, E. C. Stedman. Sharp wrote "I feel another self within me now more than ever; it is as if I were possessed by a spirit who must speak out". This three-volume collection brings together Sharp’s own correspondence – a fascinating trove in its own right, by a Victorian man of letters who was on intimate terms with writers including Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Walter Pater, and George Meredith – and the Fiona Macleod letters, which bring to life Sharp’s intriguing "second self". With an introduction and detailed notes by William F. Halloran, this richly rewarding collection offers a wonderful insight into the literary landscape of the time, while also investigating a strange and underappreciated phenomenon of late-nineteenth-century English literature. It is essential for scholars of the period, and it is an illuminating read for anyone interested in authorship and identity.