The Wendigo and Other Stories - Blackwood, Algernon; , Worth, Aaron; (szerk.) - Prospero Internetes Könyváruház

The Wendigo and Other Stories
 
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ISBN13:9780198848882
ISBN10:0198848889
Kötéstípus:Puhakötés
Terjedelem:496 oldal
Méret:195x128x20 mm
Súly:352 g
Nyelv:angol
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The Wendigo and Other Stories

 
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The tales of Algernon Blackwood, in the view of many the greatest weird writer of them all, blur the boundaries between human and nonhuman, living and dead, beckoning the reader into strange borderlands where alien forces lurk.

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'See!...The woods are alive! Already the Great Ones are there, and the dance will soon begin! The salve is here! Anoint yourself and come!'

One of the greatest writers of the strange and weird, Algernon Blackwood evolved from a teller of ghost stories to a pioneering master of such emergent fictional modes as cosmic horror and nature Gothic. In tales whose settings range from the eerie North Woods of Canada to the mysterious sands of the Egyptian desert, Blackwood blurs the boundaries between human and nonhuman, living and dead, beckoning the reader into strange borderlands where alien forces lurk, waiting for the chance to break through into our world.

This new selection of Blackwood's shorter fiction constitutes the most comprehensive critical edition of his work to date. Included here are such undisputed classics as 'The Wendigo', 'The Willows', and 'Ancient Sorceries', as well as two superbly unsettling novellas, 'The Man Whom the Trees Loved' and 'A Descent into Egypt', and ten other stories short and long, drawn from collections spanning Blackwood's long writing career. Aaron Worth's introduction and notes situate these tales in the context of Blackwood's own upbringing in an evangelical Victorian household, as well as in relation to such topics as late-imperial British history and the emergence of modern ecological thought.

ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

This is a collection designed for the general public or for home libraries, as well as a textbook that can be taught in literature classes from high school to grad school. If my professor assigned this book, I would be delighted to explore its contents and to discuss structural patterns and tricks that generate fright in readers in these pages. This book should also be carried in most types of libraries, as it is a part of the British canon that has not been as widely accessible as other canonical bylines, such as 'Conrad'.
Tartalomjegyzék:
Introduction
Note on the Text
Select Bibliography
A Chronology of Algernon Blackwood
The Wendigo and Other Stories
Explanatory Notes