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"A Hideous Bit of Morbidity": An Anthology of Horror Criticism from the Enlightenment to World War I

"A Hideous Bit of Morbidity": An Anthology of Horror Criticism from the Enlightenment to World War I

          
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Horror fiction stormed the bestseller lists with classics like Rosemary's Baby and The Exorcist, setting the stage for Stephen King's worldwide popularity, but the genre has literary roots going back centuries. This collection provides insight into the way classic horror texts were received, interpreted and discussed by the first generations to experience them, ideas that continue to define the way modern society views horror. Each reprinted article, review or critical essay is prefaced with an introduction and explanatory notes to put the work in context. The book also includes an overview of horror criticism, a publication timeline, and period photographs and illustrations.

Table of Contents:
Table of Contents Introduction      1 A Note on the Text      11 1. FEAR, TERROR, AND THE SUPERNATURAL      On the Words for "Fear" in Certain Languages: A Study in Linguistic Psychology Alex F. Chamberlain      13 Excerpt from On the Sublime and Beautiful Edmund Burke      18 On the Pleasure of Writing Dismal Stories, Exciting Surprize and Horror Daniel Defoe      22 Excerpt from "The Prodigal and His Brother" Frederick W. Robertson      25 The Dread of the Supernatural The Spectator      Gothic Horror Lafcadio Hearn      31 2. THE GOTHICS AND THEIR SUCCESSORS      Excerpt from The Supernatural in Romantic Fiction Edward Yardley      37 Excerpt from "On Gothic Superstition" Nathan Drake      41 Excerpt from a Review of Literary Hours by Nathan Drake The Monthly Review      Introductory Dialogue to Tales of Terror Matthew Lewis (attributed)      Excerpt from "The Revival of Romance" Walter Raleigh      53 The School of Terror Thomas E. Rankin and Wilford M. Aikin      58 Fiction in the Romantic Movement William Allen Neilson      59 Excerpt from "Mrs. Ann Radcliffe" Sir Walter Scott      60 Excerpt from "Fragments of an Unpublished Manuscript" Adam Eagle (Fitz-James O'Brien)      Letter to William Godwin Charles Lamb      66 Introduction to Ghost Stories Rudolph Ackermann      67 A Tale for a Chimney-Corner Leigh Hunt      68 Excerpt from "A Letter from Geneva" John Polidori      77 Remarks on Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus Sir Walter Scott      79 Excerpt from a Review of Frankenstein; or, the Modern Prometheus John Croker      93 Excerpt from a Review of Frankenstein; or, the Modern Prometheus The Edinburgh Magazine and Literary Miscellany      Review of Presumption; or the Fate of Frankenstein The London Magazine      Excerpt from "Mrs. Shelley" R. H. Horne      99 Letter Denying Authorship of The Vampire Lord Byron      103 Excerpt from "Ellis, Acton, and Currer Bell" Peter Bayne      105 3. POE AND HIS SUCCESSORS      Excerpt from "Later German Romanticism" George H. Danton      108 The Origins of Hawthorne and Paul Elmer More      110 Edgar Allan Robert Chambers      122 Excerpt from "Edgar Allan Poe" James Russell Lowell      126 Review of The Raven and Other Poems The Knickerbocker      Poe: Lack of Substance W. C. Brownell      132 Poe's Fixing of the Short-Story Form Charles Sears Baldwin      138 Fitz-James O'Brien Charles Sears Baldwin      144 Excerpt from "The Mid-Century in America" Henry Seidel Canby      145 Maupassant and Frederic Rowland Marvin      148 Advertisement for Tales of Soldiers and Civilians American Publishers      152 Excerpt from "Ambrose Bierce: An Appraisal" Frederic Taber Cooper      152 Bierce: Satire, Romance, Philosophy Edwin Markham      158 Table of Contents vii Excerpt from "The Short Story" Fred Lewis Pattee      160 Excerpt from "Concerning Irvin Cobb" The Bookman      4. MONSTERS OF THE GILDED AGE      The Physiology of "Penny Awfuls" The London Hermit (Walter Parke)      164 Review of The Purcell Papers by J. Sheridan Le Fanu The Saturday Review      Excerpt from "Concerning Tea" E. V. Lucas      183 Excerpt from "The New Gallery" J. Charles Cox      185 The Religion of Robert Louis Stevenson W. J. Dawson      187 Review of The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde The Dublin Review      Excerpt from "Novelists' Law" Alfred Bailey      195 The Secret The New York Herald Tribune      Excerpt from "Richard Mansfield" William Henry Frost      199 Excerpt from "R. L. Stevenson" Richard Le Gallienne      200 Excerpt from "Our Library List" Murray's Magazine      Review of Dracula Baron de Book-Worms      201 Supped Full with Horrors Charles F. Lummis      202 Review of Dracula The Literary World      Excerpt from "Open Questions: Talks with Correspondents" Current Literature      Excerpt from Human Sexuality J. Richardson Parke      205 Letter to Julian Hawthorne Edmund Clarence Stedman      206 Excerpt from Modern Vampirism A. Osborne Eaves      207 Frankenstein The Bookman      5. FIN DE SIÈCLE SCIENCE, DETECTION, AND TERROR      Excerpt from "Fictions of the Future" The Dublin Review      Review of The Island of Dr      Moreau The Baron de Book-Worms      211 Review of The Invisible William Morton Payne      214 Excerpt from "Love, War and Pseudo-science" William Lyon Phelps      215 Mr. Wells's War of the Worlds Clement Shorter      215 Review of The War of the Worlds William Morton Payne      218 Excerpt from The Technique of the Mystery Story Carolyn Wells      219 Review of My Friend the Murderer The Literary World      Excerpt from "Conan Doyle's The Hound of the Baskervilles" Arthur Bartlett Maurice      221 Curiosity and Horror in the Theatre Arthur Bingham Walkley      223 Review of The Three Imposters The Bookman      Review of The Great God Richard Henry Stoddard      228 The Gospel of Intensity Harry Quilter      230 Excerpt from "Oscar Wilde" A. Edward Newton      255 Art and Luxury Ramiro de Maetzu      257 6. GHOSTS AND KINDRED HORRORS      Excerpt from "A Study of Individual Psychology" Caroline Miles      265 The Value of the Supernatural in Fiction Lafcadio Hearn      267 Some Japanese Bogie-Books Andrew Lang      279 Ghost Stories W. F. Dawson      292 Excerpt from "Books of the Christmas Season" Noah Brooks      294 Two Volumes from Henry James Henry Wysham Lanier      295 Excerpt from "Gillette" Amy Leslie      297 Excerpt from "Chronicle and Comment" The Bookman      Review of The King in Yellow The Literary World      Review of The Wind in the Rose Bush The Literary World      Mr. Morris's "The Footprint" Ward Clark      301 Algernon Blackwood-An Appreciation Grace Isabel Colbron      303 Robert Hichens Frederic Taber Cooper      307 The Creeps H. D. Traill      324 The Decay of the Ghost in Fiction Olivia Howard Dunbar      329 7. TOWARD A HORROR GENRE      The Supernatural in Fiction Andrew Lang      337 The Abuse of the Supernatural in Fiction Edmund Gosse      342 Review of The Supernatural in Modern English Fiction Montague Summers      350 Excerpt from The Supernatural in Modern English Fiction Dorothy Scarborough      356 Appendix: Timeline of Major Works of Horror      Index     


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780786469093
  • Publisher: McFarland & Co Inc
  • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Co Inc
  • Depth: 25
  • Height: 229 mm
  • No of Pages: 384
  • Series Title: English
  • Sub Title: An Anthology of Horror Criticism from the Enlightenment to World War I
  • Width: 152 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0786469099
  • Publisher Date: 23 Apr 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Edition: Reprint
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Spine Width: 20 mm
  • Weight: 616 gr


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