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Oxford University Press, USA (2005), Paperback, 326 pages
Description
This anthology collects together some of the most famous examples of the Gothic tale in the 1890's, 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. - ;'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
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2005
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326 p.; 7.64 inches
ISBN
0192804804 / 9780192804808
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Vernon LEE: Dionea. WILDE: Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime. KIPLING: Mark of the Beast. JAMES: Sir Edmund Orme. B. M. CROKER: Dâk Bungalow at Dakor. Grant ALLEN: Pallinghurt Barrow. Jean LORRAIN: Magic Lantern. Spectral Hand. DOYLE: Lot No. 249. Case of Lady Sannox. Arthur MACHEN: Great God Pan. M. P. SHIEL: Vaila