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In a Glass Darkly de J. Sheridan Le Fanu

In a Glass Darkly

Autor J. Sheridan Le Fanu
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781502482242
ISBN-10: 150248224X
Pagini: 58
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 3 mm
Greutate: 0.09 kg
Editura: CREATESPACE

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`the ideal reading...for the hours after midnight'Thus Henry James described the style of supernatural tale of which Sheridan Le Fanu was a master. Known in nineteenth-century Dublin as `The Invisible Prince' because of his reclusive and nocturnal habits, Le Fanu was fascinated by the occult. His writings draw on the Gothic tradition, elements of Irish folklore, and even on the social and political anxieties of his Anglo-Irish contemporaries. In exploring sometimes inexplicable terrors, the tales focus on the unease of the haunted men and women who encounter the supernatural, rather than on the origin or purpose of the visitant. This makes for spine-chilling reading.The five stories presented here have been collected by Dr Hesselius, a `metaphysical' doctor, the forerunner of the modern psychiatrist, who is willing to consider the ghosts both as real and as hallucinatory obsessions. The reader's doubtful anxiety mimics that of the protagonist, and each story thus creates that atmosphere of mystery which is the supernatural experience. 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.

Cuprins

Acknowledgements
Introduction
Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu: A Brief Chronology
A Note on the Texts
In a Glass Darkly
  • Green Tea
  • The Familiar
  • Mr. Justice Harbottle
  • The Room in the Dragon Volant
  • Carmilla
Appendix A: Reviews and Early Observations
  1. Contemporary Reviews
    1. Athenaeum (6 July 1872)
    2. Saturday Review (17 August 1872)
    3. Examiner (6 July 1872)
  2. Twentieth-Century Commentary
    1. From M.R. James, “Some Remarks on Ghost Stories,” Bookman (December 1929)
    2. From Elizabeth Bowen, “Preface to Uncle Silas,” Collected Impressions (1946)
Appendix B: Obituaries
  1. Irish Times (8 February 1873)
  2. Freeman’s Journal (10 February 1873)
  3. Irish Builder (15 February 1873)
  4. Illustrated London News (15 February 1873)
  5. Dublin University Magazine (March 1873)
Appendix C: Emanuel Swedenborg
  1. From Saturday Review (11 May 1867)
  2. Swedenborg on Demons
  3. Swedenborg and William Blake
Appendix D: Correspondence between Le Fanu and Others
  1. Charles Dickens to Le Fanu
    1. 24 September 1869
    2. 24 November 1869
  2. Le Fanu to George Bentley (3 January 1870)
  3. Le Fanu to J. Munnings
    1. 15 June 1872
    2. 24 June 1872
Works Cited and Select Bibliography

Recenzii

From the predatory same-sex desire in “Carmilla” to the ghostly hallucinations in “Green Tea,” the five supernatural stories in In a Glass Darkly reflect a profound and deeply disturbing uncertainty about the nature of humanity. Originally published separately in magazines, the stories are framed and linked in this collection as case notes in the papers of the fictional Dr. Hesselius. Sheridan Le Fanu’s approach to the supernatural reworks traditional Irish oral storytelling and combines it with nineteenth-century adaptations of the eighteenth-century Gothic novel.
Appendices include Le Fanu’s correspondence about the stories, posthumous assessments of his life and work, and twentieth-century critical commentaries by M.R. James and Elizabeth Bowen. Engravings from the original serial publications of several stories are also included.

“Le Fanu’s In a Glass Darkly is one of the landmark works of Victorian Gothic. It contains some of the greatest ghost stories ever written, and in ‘Carmilla’ one of the most important vampire tales. Elizabeth Tilley’s brilliant new edition is the best one we’ve ever had, and it takes us closer to Le Fanu’s collection than we’ve ever been before. With its wonderful introduction and its superb selection of critical and contextual material, this book has everything a serious reader needs.” — Darryl Jones, Trinity College Dublin

Notă biografică

Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu 28 August 1814 - 7 February 1873) was an Irish writer of Gothic tales, mystery novels, and horror fiction. He was a leading ghost story writer of his time, central to the development of the genre in the Victorian era. M. R. James described Le Fanu as "absolutely in the first rank as a writer of ghost stories".Three of his best-known works are the locked-room mystery Uncle Silas, the lesbian vampire novella Carmilla, and the historical novel The House by the Churchyard.