Reflections in a glass darkly: essays on J. Sheridan Le Fanu
Irish writer Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu (1814-1873) is one of the leading weird writers of the nineteenth century, the author of "Green Tea," "Carmilla," Uncle Silas, and other classic works. In this volume, the first collection of essays about Le Fanu, three distinguished scholars...
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| Summary: | Irish writer Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu (1814-1873) is one of the leading weird writers of the nineteenth century, the author of "Green Tea," "Carmilla," Uncle Silas, and other classic works. In this volume, the first collection of essays about Le Fanu, three distinguished scholars have amassed a wealth of material on every aspect of the author's life, work, and influence. A biographical section features memoirs of Le Fanu along with reproductions of many portraits of the author. Early reviews of his many books are reprinted, as is important early criticism by M. R. James, E. F. Benson, V. S. Pritchett, and others. Recent essays by Jack Sullivan, John Langan, Victor Sage, and many others discuss a wide array of topics relating to Le Fanu's writing. Nine of these essays are printed here for the first time. All in all, this book provides a definitive guide to the weird fiction of Le Fanu.--Publisher's description |
| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index Some notes on biography -- General studies -- Some special topics -- Contemporary reviews -- Studies of individual works |
| Physical Description: | 471 S. ill. 23 cm |
| ISBN: | 9781614980056 1614980055 |
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| adam_text | Contents
Foreword
................................................................................................9
W.J.McCORMACK
Introduction
.........................................................................................
H
Gary William
Crawford,
Jim Rockhill,
and
Brian J. Showers
I. Some Notes on Biography
.................................................................15
A Memoir of Joseph Sheridan
Le Fami.....................................................
17
Alfred Perceval Graves
Anecdotes from Seventy Years of Irish Life
..............................................26
W.R.LEFANU
Extracts from
Wíücie
Collins,
Le
Fanu and Others
......................................37
S. M. Ellis
Portraits of Joseph Sheridan
Le Fami........................................................
47
Jim Rockhill,
Brian J. Showers, and
Douglas
Α.
Anderson
A Void Which Cannot Be Filled Up: Obituaries of J. S.
Le Fami............
72
Brian J. Showers
II. General Studies
................................................................................85
M. R. James on
J. S.
Le Fami.................................................................
— 87
M. R.
James
A Forgotten
Creator
of Ghosts
—
Joseph Sheridan
Le Fanu,
Possible
Inspirer
of the Brontes
...............................................................................95
Edna Kenton
Sheridan
Le Fanu
....................................................................................105
E. F.
Benson
From The Supernatural in Fiction
.............................................................108
Peter Penzoldt
An Irish Ghost
.........................................................................................127
V. S. Pritchett
Excerpts from the Prologue and Epilogue to Madam Crawl s Ghost.
132
M.R. James
6
Qontents
7
Doubles, Shadows, Sedan-Chairs, and the Past: The Ghost Stories of
J.
S. Le Fanu
............................................................................................137
Patricia Coughlan
III. Some Special Topics
.....................................................................161
Making Light in the Shadow Box: The Artistry of
Le Fanu
...................163
KelRoop
Le
Fanu s
House by the Marketplace
......................................................174
Wayne Hall
Sheridan
Le Fanu
and the Spirit of
1798................................................189
Albert Power
H. P. Lovecraft s Response to the Work of Joseph Sheridan
Le Fanu
..201
Jim Rockhill
A Regular Contributor :
Le
Fanu s
Short Stories, All The Year Round,
and the Influence of Dickens
..................................................................206
Simon Cooke
A Shared Vision:
Le
Fanu s
In A Glass Darkly and Carl
Theodor
Dreyer s
Vampyr
.......................................................................223
Gary William Crawford
Dreyer,
Vampyr,
and Sheridan
Le
Fanu
..................................................232
Mark
Le Fanu
IV. Contemporary Reviews
.................................................................241
V. Studies of Individual Works
..........................................................267
Green Tea : The Archetypal Ghost Story
............................................269
Jack Sullivan
Introduction to The House hy the Church-Yard
....................................287
Elizabeth Bowen
Three Ghost Stories: The Judge s House, An Account of Some Strange
Disturbances in an Old House in Aungier Street, and Mr. Justice
Harbottle
................................................................................................293
Carol
A. Senf
Introduction to Uncle Silas
......................................................................309
M. R.
James
Conversations in a Shadowed Room: The Blank Spaces in
Green Tea
............................................................................................313
John
Längan
Introduction to Uncle Silas
..............................·.......................................333
Elizabeth Bowen
Addicted to the Supernatural : Spiritualism and Self-Satire in
Le
Fanu s
AH
πι
the Dark
......................................................................... 346
Stephen Carver
б
Reflections in a Glass Darkly
In the Name of the Mother: Perverse Maternity in Carmilla
.............363
Jarlath
Killeen
Crossing Boundaries, Mixing Genres in The Wyvern Mystery
................385
Sally
С
Harris
I Resolved To Play the Part of a Good Samaritan : Metafiction in
The Room in the Dragon Volant
.........................................................402
William Hughes
The Child That Went with the Fairies : The Folk Tale and the
Ghost Story
..............................................................................................418
Peter Bell
The Smashed Looking-Glass : Fragmentation and Narrative
Perversity in Willing to Die
.......................................................................429
Victor Sage
Bibliography...
....................................................................................447
Sources
...............................................................................................456
Biographical Notes
.............................................................................460
Index
..................................................................................................467
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