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£5.99
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Late Victorian Gothic Tales
Roger Luckhurst
336 pages
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4 line drawings
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196x129mm
978-0-19-953887-4
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Paperback
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26 February 2009
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- The only mainstream anthology to bring together the defining Gothic tales of the 1890s
- Complements and deepens the context for the most enduring Gothic fiction of the period: Stevenson's Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and Stoker's Dracula
- Mixes well-known authors with the more obscure and brings together stories usually only available in obscure editions or in single-author collections
- All texts derive from initial publication in the 1890s, rather than their subsequent, often revised, versions
- Notes provide short biographies of the authors and the introduction explains the diverse reasons for the Gothic revival
'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 evil curses, foul murder,
doomed inheritance and sexual menace played on the stretched nerves of the new mass readerships. 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.
ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading
authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.Readership: Readers and students of English literature, short stories, Gothic fiction, the supernatural, the uncanny, cultural studies,fin-de-siècle literature
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Roger Luckhurst, Senior Lecturer in English, Birkbeck College Contributors:
Vernon Lee
Oscar Wilde
Henry James
Jean Lorrain
Jean Lorrain
Rudyard Kipling
B.M. Croker
Arthur Conan Doyle
Arthur Conan Doyle
Grant Allen
Arthur Machen
M. P. Shiel
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"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
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DioneaVernon Lee:
Lord Arthur Savile's CrimeOscar Wilde:
Sir Edmund OrmeHenry James:
Magic LanternJean Lorrain:
The Spectral HandJean Lorrain:
The Mark of the BeastRudyard Kipling:
The Dak Bungalow at DakorB.M. Croker:
Lot 249Arthur Conan Doyle:
The Case of Lady SannoxArthur Conan Doyle:
The Pallinghurst BarowGrant Allen:
The Great God PanArthur Machen:
VailaM. P. Shiel:
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