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The Book of Gothic Tales (Annotated) - Enriched Edition Dark Fantasy Novels Supernatural Mysteries Horror Tales & Gothic Romances - cover

The Book of Gothic Tales (Annotated) - Enriched Edition Dark Fantasy Novels Supernatural Mysteries Horror Tales & Gothic Romances

Charles Dickens, Oscar Wilde, Robert Louis Stevenson, Edgar Allan Poe, William Hope Hodgson, Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, Anna Katharine Green, George MacDonald, Bram Stoker, Charlotte Brontë, Emily Brontë, William Godwin, Henry James, Victor Hugo, Théophile Gautier, Arthur Conan Doyle, Jane Austen, John Meade Falkner, Guy de Maupassant, George Eliot, Robert Hugh Benson, Horace Walpole, Frederick Marryat, Thomas Love Peacock, Washington Irving, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Gaston Leroux, Grant Allen, Arthur Machen, Wilkie Collins, Thomas Peckett Prest, James Malcolm Rymer, Charles Brockden Brown, James Hogg, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Richard Marsh, Charles Robert Maturin, John William Polidori, H. G. Wells, W. W. Jacobs, William Thomas Beckford, Nikolai Gogol, Mary Shelley, Ann Radcliffe, Matthew Gregory Lewis, Eliza Parsons

Translator C. J. Hogarth, Samuel Henley, Isabel F. Hapgood

Publisher: e-artnow

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Summary

The Book of Gothic Tales gathers an expansive tradition of terror, mystery, and psychological disturbance, tracing Gothic literature from castle-haunted romance to urban nightmare, supernatural visitation, detective intrigue, and proto-science fiction. Its range encompasses melodrama, sensation fiction, ghost story, decadent fantasy, domestic realism darkened by dread, and philosophical horror. Across cursed inheritances, doubles, locked rooms, spectral presences, and uncanny transformations, the volume illuminates the Gothic as a durable mode for exploring fear, desire, repression, and social disorder. The contributors represent a remarkable constellation of British, Irish, American, French, Russian, and European literary cultures, spanning Romanticism, Victorian popular fiction, fin-de-siècle decadence, early feminism, and the emergence of modern genre writing. Novelists, poets, dramatists, journalists, and pioneers of detective and speculative fiction collectively demonstrate how Gothic conventions migrated across languages, classes, and forms. Their varied backgrounds enrich the anthology's central concern: the ways in which terror reveals anxieties about gender, empire, science, faith, madness, and the unstable self. Readers seeking a panoramic introduction to Gothic literature will find this collection especially rewarding. It offers not merely famous names, but a dialogue among traditions, styles, and historical moments, allowing familiar motifs to appear newly charged in different hands. As an educational and imaginative resource, The Book of Gothic Tales invites sustained exploration of a genre whose shadows continue to shape modern literature and culture.

This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- An Introduction draws the threads together, discussing why these diverse authors and texts belong in one collection.
- Historical Context explores the cultural and intellectual currents that shaped these works, offering insight into the shared (or contrasting) eras that influenced each writer.
- A combined Synopsis (Selection) briefly outlines the key plots or arguments of the included pieces, helping readers grasp the anthology's overall scope without giving away essential twists.
- A collective Analysis highlights common themes, stylistic variations, and significant crossovers in tone and technique, tying together writers from different backgrounds.
- Reflection questions encourage readers to compare the different voices and perspectives within the collection, fostering a richer understanding of the overarching conversation.
Available since: 12/13/2023.
Print length: 10773 pages.

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