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The characters in Roger Luckhurst's excellent selection are variously assailed by mummies, bewitched by revived pagan goddesses, and doomed to inexorable decline by the misdeeds of their ancestors. Times Literary Supplement
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'He was a man of fairly firm fibre, but there was something in this sudden, uncontrollable shriek of horror which chilled his blood and pringled in his skin. Coming in such a place and at such an hour, it brought a thousand fantastic possibilities into his head...' The Victorian fin de siecle: the era of Decadence, The Yellow Book, the New Woman, the scandalous Oscar Wilde, the Empire on which the sun never set. This heady brew was caught nowhere better than in the revival of the Gothic tale in the late Victorian age, where the undead walked and evil curses, foul murder, doomed inheritance and sexual menace played on the stretched nerves of the new mass readerships. This anthology collects together some of the most famous examples of the Gothic tale in the 1890s, with stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, Vernon Lee, Henry James and Arthur Machen, as well as some lesser known yet superbly chilling tales from the era. The introduction explores the many reasons for the Gothic revival, and how it spoke to the anxieties of the moment.
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Delectable gothic horror
19. Juli 2010
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The anthology contains a fine sampling of late victorian gothic fiction. One of the best things about books like this one is that they often re-introduce excellent but forgotten writers from the past. This anthology does not disappoint in this regard. I was very pleased to see that it includes Dionea, by Vernon Lee, and The Great God Pan, by Arthur Machen. The gothic fiction of this period was particularly concerned with paganism and these stories reflect that. It is that very paganism that makes them relevant to readers today in our times of new age beliefs and Wicca.
In contrast with earlier gothic fiction, I would have to say that the late gothic period was more concerned with intellectual horror. It was finer in this way. For example, in a story from the first wave of gothic fiction, the reader would have found the ghost or supernatural element scary enough in itself. A late victorian gothic tale would add an intellectual dimension to the ghost story in that the writer would attempt to explore what a ghost is and represents. Whereas an earlier gothic tale would have found the actions of a madman abhorrent enough, the story Vaila, by MP Shiel, explores the origins and nature of madness through several generations of an old and accursed family.
Expect very finely wrought pieces of horror literature. The anthology is limited to victorian writers from Britain, and I thought this was its failing as it could have included writers like Edith Wharton and Willa Cather, who were themselves authors of very great ghost stories. The late victorian gothic was also strongly influenced by the work of Edgar Allan Poe, and yet he is also missing from this anthology. Nonetheless, this book will be full of treats for real fans of the gothic.
In contrast with earlier gothic fiction, I would have to say that the late gothic period was more concerned with intellectual horror. It was finer in this way. For example, in a story from the first wave of gothic fiction, the reader would have found the ghost or supernatural element scary enough in itself. A late victorian gothic tale would add an intellectual dimension to the ghost story in that the writer would attempt to explore what a ghost is and represents. Whereas an earlier gothic tale would have found the actions of a madman abhorrent enough, the story Vaila, by MP Shiel, explores the origins and nature of madness through several generations of an old and accursed family.
Expect very finely wrought pieces of horror literature. The anthology is limited to victorian writers from Britain, and I thought this was its failing as it could have included writers like Edith Wharton and Willa Cather, who were themselves authors of very great ghost stories. The late victorian gothic was also strongly influenced by the work of Edgar Allan Poe, and yet he is also missing from this anthology. Nonetheless, this book will be full of treats for real fans of the gothic.
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No self-respecting gothic literature fan should be without this!
16. Dezember 2009
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I collect Victorian Gothic stories and this is one of my favorites from my collection!! This book has a great sampling of the best gothic short stories written! It has Oscar Wilde's psychological thriller Lord Arthur Savile's Crime, Machen's classic The Great God Pan, and many other fantastic stories. Sheil's story, Vaila was particularly unnerving! He makes the reader feel like they are slowly descending into madness as he/she reads it!
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With notes at the end of each story, this would be a Kindle five-star
3. November 2011
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I agree with previous reviewers that this is a great selection. The introduction is perceptive and helpful. The text is almost error-free. One editing change would have made this a superb Kindle purchase: put the notes at the end of each tale. I'm half-way through the collection, and by the time I get to the end, I will not care what the notes mean. Maybe I'm missing a technological short-cut, would love to know.
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