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The Supernatural in Modern English Fiction

By Dorothy Scarborough

2020-09-10 18:29:32

A treasure trove examining early speculative fiction, Scarborough's covers the period from Horace Walpole's Castle of Otranto and other Gothic romances straight through to the author's own present times in the early 20th Century. Horror and fantasy ... Read more
A treasure trove examining early speculative fiction, Scarborough's covers the period from Horace Walpole's Castle of Otranto and other Gothic romances straight through to the author's own present times in the early 20th Century. Horror and fantasy were a major part of the world's literary output from the very beginnings of popular literature. From Walpole, Maturin, and Shelley right through to Doyle, Machen, and Blackwood, Scarborough reveals the best works in an accessible and well-organized fashion.  Less

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File size404.082 KB
Print pages340
PublisherPublic Domain Book
LanguageEnglish
ISBN978-1590210017
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Dorothy Scarborough
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Emily Dorothy Scarborough (January 27, 1878 – November 7, 1935) was an American writer who wrote about Texas, folk culture, cotton farming, ghost stories and women's life in the Southwest. Scarborou...

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