The Oxford Book of Gothic Tales

The Oxford Book of Gothic Tales

BookThe Oxford Book of Gothic Tales
EditorChris Baldick
PublisherOxford University Press
Printed byThe Bath Press
Typeset byBest-set Typesetter Ltd.
Contributing WriterAnna Letitia Aikin, Richard Cumberland, Anonymous, Juvenis, Isaac Crookenden, Petrus Borel, J. Wadham, Edgar Allan Poe, Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Bret Harte, George Washington Cable, Robert Louis Stevenson, Thomas Hardy, Marcel Schwob, Charlotte Perkins Stetson, Arthur Conan Doyle, E. Nesbit, Ambrose Bierce, Ellen Glasgow, H. P. Lovecraft, William Faulkner, Clark Ashton Smith, Isak Dinesen, F. M. Mayor, Frederick Cowles, Eudora Welty, Ray Russell, Alejandra Pizarnik, Jorge Luis Borges, Angela Carter, Joyce Carol Oates, Patrick McGrath, Isabel Allende
Copyright Holder (Introduction/Prologue)Chris Baldick
Copyright Holder (Notes)Chris Baldick
Copyright Holder (Selection)Chris Baldick
FormatHardback
LanguageEnglish
LocationOxford; New York
This Edition Published1992
Copyright1992
Pages / Font533 pages
ISBN 100-19-214194-5
Price£16.95 net in UK
Barcode (EAN)9780192141941
ChaptersIntroduction I. BEGINNINGS Sir Bertrand: A Fragment (1773) Anna Laetitia Aikin The Poisoner of Montremos (1791) Richard Cumberland The Friar's Tale (1792) Anonymous Raymond: A Fragment (1799) 'Juvenis' The Parricide Punished (1799) Anonymous The Ruins of the Abbey of Fitz-Martin (1801) Anonymous The Vindictive Monk or The Fatal Ring (1802) Isaac Crookenden II. THE NINETEENTH CENTURY The Astrologer's Prediction or The Maniac's Fate (1826) Anonymous Andreas Vesalius the Anatomist (1833) Petrus Borel Lady Eltringham or The Castle of Ratcliffe Cross (1836) J. Wadham The Fall of the House of Usher (1839) Edgar Allan Poe A Chapter in the History of a Tyrone Family (1839) Sheridan Le Fanu Rappaccini's Daughter (1844) Nathaniel Hawthorne Selina Sedilia (1865) Bret Harte Jean-Ah Poquelin (1875) George Washington Cable Olalla (1885) Robert Louis Stevenson Barbara of the House of Grebe (1891) Thomas Hardy Bloody Blanche (1892) Marcel Schwob The Yellow Wall-Paper (1892) Charlotte Perkins Stetson The Adventure of the Speckled Band (1892) Arthur Conan Doyle Hurst of Hurstcote (1893) E. Nesbit III. THE TWENTIETH CENTURY A Vine on a House (1905) Ambrose Pierce Jordan's End (1923) Ellen Glasgow The Outsider (1926) H. P. Lovecraft A Rose for Emily (1930) William Faulkner A Rendezvous in Averoigne (1931) Clark Ashton Smith The Monkey (1934) Isak Dinesen Miss de Mannering of Asham (1935) F. M. Mayor The Vampire of Kaldenstein (1938) Frederick Cowles Clytie (1941) Endora Welty Sardonicus (1961) Ray Russell The Bloody Countess (1968) Alejandra Pizarnik The Gospel According to Mark (1970) Jorge Luis Borges The Lady of the House of Love (1979) Angela Carter Secret Observations on the Goat-Girl (1988) Joyce Carol Oates Blood Disease (1988) Patrick McGrath If You Touched My Heart (1991) Isabelle Allende Notes
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