Late Victorian Gothic tales / edited with an introduction and notes by Roger Luckhurst.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Luckhurst, Roger.

Series:

Oxford world's classics (Oxford University Press)

Oxford world's classics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Horror tales, English.

English fiction--19th century.

English fiction.

Gothic revival (Literature)--Great Britain.

Gothic revival (Literature).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (327 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

Lord Arthur Savile's crime / Oscar Wilde

Sir Edmund Orme / Henry James

The mark of the beast / Rudyard Kipling

The Dak bungalow at Dakor / B.M. Croker

Lot no. 249 / Arthur Conan Doyle

The case of Lady Sannox / Arthur Conan Doyle

Pallinghurst barrow / Grant Allen

Magic lantern / Jean Lorrain

The spectral hand / Jean Lorrain

The great god Pan / Arthur Machen

Vaila / M.P. Shiel.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [xxxiv]-xxxix).

ISBN:

1-281-34655-1

9786611346553

0-19-151702-X

1-4356-1776-2

OCLC:

476260438