"The Tale of Terror: A Study of the Gothic Romance" by Edith Birkhead is an exploration into the spooky world of Gothic romance, probably from the early 1900s. It's like a map that shows how scary stories changed over time in English books, starting with old tales and myths. The book mainly looks the history and ideas that pop up again and again through famous writers, including some American stories by Hawthorne and Poe. It points out how important fear and the strange and unusual are to the genre, talking about famous figures and novels while investigating how the Gothic style grew and remains popular.
The Tale of Terror: A Study of the Gothic Romance
By Edith Birkhead
Embark on a journey through centuries of chilling tales, exploring the evolution of fear and the supernatural in literature.
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2004-11-26
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About the AuthorEdith Birkhead (1889-1951) was a lecturer in English Literature at the University of Bristol and a Noble Fellow at the University of Liverpool. She wrote a pioneering work on Gothic literature: The Tale of Terror (1921). This work described the fascination with supernatural fiction in English literature from the publication of Horace Walpole's The Castle of Otranto in 1764 to Charles Maturin's Melmoth the Wanderer in 1820 on to modern times. She included works from Europe as well as America, including Nathaniel Hawthorne and Edgar Allan Poe.
Edith Birkhead (1889-1951) was a lecturer in English Literature at the University of Bristol and a Noble Fellow at the University of Liverpool. She wrote a pioneering work on Gothic literature: The Tale of Terror (1921). This work described the fascination with supernatural fiction in English literature from the publication of Horace Walpole's The Castle of Otranto in 1764 to Charles Maturin's Melmoth the Wanderer in 1820 on to modern times. She included works from Europe as well as America, including Nathaniel Hawthorne and Edgar Allan Poe.
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