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Weird women : classic supernatural fiction by groundbreaking female writers: 1852-1923 / edited by Lisa Morton and Leslie S. Klinger.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Paranormal fiction.
- Paranormal fiction--Women authors.
- Supernatural in literature--Women authors.
- Supernatural in literature.
- Fantasy fiction, English--Women authors.
- Fantasy fiction, English.
- Horror tales, English--Women authors.
- Horror tales, English.
- Short stories--Women authors.
- Short stories.
- Women authors.
- Genre:
- Fantasy fiction, English.
- Short stories.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiii, 361 pages.)
- Edition:
- First Pegasus Books cloth edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, N.Y. : Pegasus Books, 2020.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- From two acclaimed experts in the genre, a brand-new volume of supernatural stories showcasing the forgotten female horror writers from 1852-1923. While the nineteen-year-old Mary Shelley may be hailed as the first modern writer of horror, the success of her immortal Frankenstein undoubtedly inspired dozens of female authors who wrote their own evocative, chilling tales. Weird Women, edited by award-winning anthologists Lisa Morton and Leslie S. Klinger, collects some of the finest tales of terror by authors as legendary as Louisa May Alcott, Frances Hodgson Burnett, and Charlotte Gilman-Perkins, alongside works of writers who were the bestsellers and critical favorites of their time--Marie Corelli, Ellen Glasgow, Charlotte Riddell--and lesser known authors who are deserving of contemporary recognition. As railroads, industry, cities, and technology flourished in the mid-nineteenth century, so did stories exploring the horrors they unleashed. This anthology includes ghost stories and tales of haunted houses, as well as mad scientists, werewolves, ancient curses, mummies, psychological terrors, demonic dimensions, and even weird westerns. Curated by Klinger and Morton with an aim to presenting work that has languished in the shadows, all of these exceptional supernatural stories are sure to surprise, delight, and frighten today's readers.
- Contents:
- Introduction / Lisa Morton and Leslie S. Klinger
- The old nurse's story / Elizabeth Gaskell
- The moonstone mass / Harriet Prescott Spofford - Lost in a pyramid, or the mummy's curse / Louisa May Alcott
- What was the matter? / Elizabeth Stuart Phelps
- An itinerant house / Emma Frances Dawson
- Nut Bush Farm / Mrs. J. H. (Charlotte) Riddell
- The gray man / Sarah Orne Jewett
- In a far-off world / Olive Schreiner
- The giant wisteria / Charlotte Perkins Gilman
- The lady with the carnations / Marie Corelli
- The were-wolf / Clemence Housman
- Transmigration / Dora Sigerson Shorter
- The wind in the rose-bush / Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
- The banshee's halloween / Herminie Templeton Kavanaugh
- In the closed room / Frances Hodgson Burnett
- The dream-baby / Olivia Howard Dunbar
- The third drug / E. Bland (Edith Nesbit)
- The pocket-hunter's story / Mary Austin
- Twilight / Marjorie Bowen
- The swine-gods / Regina Miriam Bloch
- Jordan's end / Ellen Glasgow
- Notes:
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Clyde de Loache Ryals Endowed Acquisition Fund.
- Contains:
- Container of: Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn, 1810-1865. Old nurse's story.
- Container of: Spofford, Harriet Elizabeth Prescott, 1835-1921. Moonstone mass.
- Container of: Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888. Lost in a pyramid, or the mummy's curse.
- Container of: Phelps, Elizabeth Stuart, 1844-1911. What was the matter?
- Container of: Dawson, Emma Frances. Itinerant house.
- Container of: Riddell, J. H., Mrs., 1832-1906. Nut Bush Farm.
- Container of: Jewett, Sarah Orne, 1849-1909. Gray man.
- Container of: Schreiner, Olive, 1855-1920. In a far-off world.
- Container of: Gilman, Charlotte Perkins, 1860-1935. Giant wisteria.
- Container of: Corelli, Marie, 1855-1924. Lady with the carnations.
- Container of: Housman, Clemence. Were-wolf.
- Container of: Shorter, Dora Sigerson, 1866-1918. Transmigration.
- Container of: Freeman, Mary Eleanor Wilkins, 1852-1930. Wind in the rose-bush.
- Container of: Kavanagh, Herminie Templeton. Banshee's Halloween.
- Container of: Burnett, Frances Hodgson, 1849-1924. In the closed room.
- Container of: Dunbar, Olivia Howard, 1873-1953. Dream-baby.
- Container of: Nesbit, E. (Edith), 1858-1924. Third drug.
- Container of: Austin, Mary, 1868-1934. Pocket-hunter's story.
- Container of: Bowen, Marjorie, 1888-1952. Twilight.
- Container of: Bloch, Regina Miriam, 1889-1938. Swine-gods.
- Container of: Glasgow, Ellen, 1873-1945. Jordan's end.
- ISBN:
- 9781643134178
- 1643134175
- Publisher Number:
- 99987263964
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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