The Oxford Book of Gothic Tales |
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| Editor:
| Baldick, Chris |
| Series title: | Oxford Books of Prose Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-286219-8 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2001 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $19.95 |
Book Description:
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Brimming with tales of terror, suspense, and the uncanny, this work offers the first collection devoted to the Gothic tale. Taken together, the pieces reveal the progression of the genre from stories of feudal villains amid crumbling ruins to a greater level of sophistication in which writers brought the gothic tale out of its medieval setting, and placed it in the contemporary world. With work by such writers as Eudora Welty, Thomas Hardy, Edgar Allan Poe, William Faulkner, Joyce...
More DescriptionBrimming with tales of terror, suspense, and the uncanny, this work offers the first collection devoted to the Gothic tale. Taken together, the pieces reveal the progression of the genre from stories of feudal villains amid crumbling ruins to a greater level of sophistication in which writers brought the gothic tale out of its medieval setting, and placed it in the contemporary world. With work by such writers as Eudora Welty, Thomas Hardy, Edgar Allan Poe, William Faulkner, Joyce Carol Oates, and Jorge Luis Borges, The Oxford Book of Gothic Tales presents a wide array of the sinister and unsettling for all lovers of ghost stories, fantasy, and horror.