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- catalog abstract "The Gothic tale has been with us for over two hundred years, but this collection is the first to illustrate the continuing strength of this special fictional tradition from the late eighteenth century to the present day. Gothic fiction is generally identified with Horace Walpole's Castle of Otranto and the works of Ann Radcliffe, and with heroes and heroines menaced by feudal villains amid crumbling ruins. While the repertoire of claustrophobic settings, gloomy themes and threatening atmosphere established the Gothic genre, later writers from Poe onwards achieved an ever greater sophistication, and a shift in emphasis from cruelty to decadence. Modern Gothic is distinguished by its imaginative variety of voice, from the chilling depiction of a disordered mind to the sinister suggestion of vampirism. This anthology brings together the work of writers such as Le Fanu, Hawthorne, Hardy, Faulkner, and Borges with their earliest literary forebears, and emphasizes the central role of women writers from Anna Laetitia Aikin to Isabel Allende. While the Gothic tale shares some characteristics with the ghost story and tales of horror and fantasy, the present volume triumphantly celebrates the distinctive features that define this powerful and unsettling literary form.".
- catalog contributor b3611756.
- catalog created "1992.".
- catalog date "1992".
- catalog date "1992.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1992.".
- catalog description "Sir Bertrand: a fragment / Anna Laetitia Aikin -- The poisoner of Montremos / Richard Cumberland -- The Friar's tale / Anonymous -- Raymond: a fragment / Juvenis -- The parricide punished / Anonymous -- The ruins of the Abbey of Fitz-Martin / Anonymous -- The vindictive monk, or, The fatal ring / Isaac Crookenden -- The astrologer's prediction, or, The maniac's fate / Anonymous -- Andreas Vesalius the anatomist / Petrus Borel -- Lady Eltringham, or, The castle of Ratcliffe Cross / J. Wadham -- The fall of the house of Usher / Edgar Allan Poe -- A chapter in the history of the Tyrone family / Sheridan Le Fanu -- Rappaccini's daughter / Nathaniel Hawthorne -- Selina Sedilia / Bret Harte -- Jean-ah Poquelin / George Washington Cable -- Olalla / Robert Louis Stevenson -- Barbara of the house of Grebe / Thomas Hardy -- Bloody Blanche / Marcel Schwob -- The yellow wall-paper / Charlotte Perkins Stetson -- The adventure of the speckled band / Arthur Conan Doyle -- Hurst of Hurstcote / E. Nesbit -- A vine on a house / Ambrose Bierce -- Jordan's end / Ellen Glasgow -- The outsider / H.P. Lovecraft -- A rose for Emily / William Faulkner -- A rendezvous in Averoigne / Clark Ashton Smith -- The monkey / Isak Dinesen -- Miss de Mannering of Asham / F.M. Mayor -- The vampire of Kaldenstein / Frederick Cowles -- Clytie / Eudora Welty -- Sardonicus / Ray Russell -- The bloody Countess / Alejandra Pizarnik -- The Gospel according to Mark / Jorge Luis Borges -- The lady of the house of love / Angela Carter -- Secret observations on the goat-girl / Joyce Carol Oates -- Blood disease / Patrick McGrath -- If you touched my heart / Isabel Allende.".
- catalog description "The Gothic tale has been with us for over two hundred years, but this collection is the first to illustrate the continuing strength of this special fictional tradition from the late eighteenth century to the present day. Gothic fiction is generally identified with Horace Walpole's Castle of Otranto and the works of Ann Radcliffe, and with heroes and heroines menaced by feudal villains amid crumbling ruins. While the repertoire of claustrophobic settings, gloomy themes and threatening atmosphere established the Gothic genre, later writers from Poe onwards achieved an ever greater sophistication, and a shift in emphasis from cruelty to decadence. Modern Gothic is distinguished by its imaginative variety of voice, from the chilling depiction of a disordered mind to the sinister suggestion of vampirism. This anthology brings together the work of writers such as Le Fanu, Hawthorne, Hardy, Faulkner, and Borges with their earliest literary forebears, and emphasizes the central role of women writers from Anna Laetitia Aikin to Isabel Allende. While the Gothic tale shares some characteristics with the ghost story and tales of horror and fantasy, the present volume triumphantly celebrates the distinctive features that define this powerful and unsettling literary form.".
- catalog extent "xxiii, 533 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0192141945 :".
- catalog identifier "0192831178 (pbk.)".
- catalog issued "1992".
- catalog issued "1992.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press,".
- catalog subject "808.83/8729 20".
- catalog subject "Fantasy fiction.".
- catalog subject "Gothic revival (Literature)".
- catalog subject "Horror tales.".
- catalog subject "PN6120.95.G64 O95 1992".
- catalog subject "Paranormal fiction.".
- catalog subject "Supernatural Fiction.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Sir Bertrand: a fragment / Anna Laetitia Aikin -- The poisoner of Montremos / Richard Cumberland -- The Friar's tale / Anonymous -- Raymond: a fragment / Juvenis -- The parricide punished / Anonymous -- The ruins of the Abbey of Fitz-Martin / Anonymous -- The vindictive monk, or, The fatal ring / Isaac Crookenden -- The astrologer's prediction, or, The maniac's fate / Anonymous -- Andreas Vesalius the anatomist / Petrus Borel -- Lady Eltringham, or, The castle of Ratcliffe Cross / J. Wadham -- The fall of the house of Usher / Edgar Allan Poe -- A chapter in the history of the Tyrone family / Sheridan Le Fanu -- Rappaccini's daughter / Nathaniel Hawthorne -- Selina Sedilia / Bret Harte -- Jean-ah Poquelin / George Washington Cable -- Olalla / Robert Louis Stevenson -- Barbara of the house of Grebe / Thomas Hardy -- Bloody Blanche / Marcel Schwob -- The yellow wall-paper / Charlotte Perkins Stetson -- The adventure of the speckled band / Arthur Conan Doyle -- Hurst of Hurstcote / E. Nesbit -- A vine on a house / Ambrose Bierce -- Jordan's end / Ellen Glasgow -- The outsider / H.P. Lovecraft -- A rose for Emily / William Faulkner -- A rendezvous in Averoigne / Clark Ashton Smith -- The monkey / Isak Dinesen -- Miss de Mannering of Asham / F.M. Mayor -- The vampire of Kaldenstein / Frederick Cowles -- Clytie / Eudora Welty -- Sardonicus / Ray Russell -- The bloody Countess / Alejandra Pizarnik -- The Gospel according to Mark / Jorge Luis Borges -- The lady of the house of love / Angela Carter -- Secret observations on the goat-girl / Joyce Carol Oates -- Blood disease / Patrick McGrath -- If you touched my heart / Isabel Allende.".
- catalog title "The Oxford book of gothic tales / edited by Chris Baldick.".
- catalog type "Anthologie. swd".
- catalog type "Fantasy fiction. gsafd".
- catalog type "Horror fiction. gsafd".
- catalog type "text".