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Supernatural Horror in Literature

1945·106 pages·Nonfiction

History & Politics Horror

“Praised by critics as diverse as Edmund Wilson and Vincent Starrett.”
— critics

Great modern American supernaturalist brilliantly surveys history of genre to 1930s, summarizing, evaluating scores of books, including works by Poe, Bierce, M.R. James, "Monk" Lewis, many others. New introduction by E. F. Bleiler [from publisher's description]

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Supernatural Horror in Literature

Year

1945

Pages

106

Type

Nonfiction

History & Politics Horror Literary Fiction

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Praise

“Praised by critics as diverse as Edmund Wilson and Vincent Starrett.”
— critics

Description

Great modern American supernaturalist brilliantly surveys history of genre to 1930s, summarizing, evaluating scores of books, including works by Poe, Bierce, M.R. James, "Monk" Lewis, many others. New introduction by E. F. Bleiler [from publisher's description]

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