Four Ghost Stories
“’Oh, Whistle, and I’ll Come to You, My Lad’”; “An Episode of Cathedral History”; “Casting the Runes”; and “The Diary of Mr. Poynter”
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2017
Pennsylvania State University Press (Verlag)
978-0-271-07855-7 (ISBN)
Pennsylvania State University Press (Verlag)
978-0-271-07855-7 (ISBN)
A collection of four stories of the supernatural by early twentieth-century medievalist and antiquarian M. R. James, exemplifying how James redefined the ghost story and how his connection to academia, antiquities, and medievalism inspired and informed his fiction.
This volume collects four of M. R. James’s most beloved stories of the supernatural. These tales show how James redefined the ghost story and exemplify his connection to academia, antiquities, and medievalism, occupations that inspired and informed his fiction. Perfect as an introduction to James’s understated mode of horror, these spine-chilling ghost stories demonstrate his mastery of the form.
This volume collects four of M. R. James’s most beloved stories of the supernatural. These tales show how James redefined the ghost story and exemplify his connection to academia, antiquities, and medievalism, occupations that inspired and informed his fiction. Perfect as an introduction to James’s understated mode of horror, these spine-chilling ghost stories demonstrate his mastery of the form.
Montague Rhodes James authored four collections of ghost stories: Ghost Stories of an Antiquary (1904), More Ghost Stories of an Antiquary (1911), A Thin Ghost and Others (1919), and A Warning to the Curious and Other Ghost Stories (1925). He was a provost of King’s College, Cambridge, and Eton College, as well as a respected scholar of medievalism.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 23.04.2017 |
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| Zusatzinfo | 6 Halftones, black and white |
| Verlagsort | University Park |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 127 x 203 mm |
| Gewicht | 136 g |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Krimi / Thriller / Horror ► Horror |
| Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-271-07855-3 / 0271078553 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-271-07855-7 / 9780271078557 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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