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Title Literature of the occult : a collection of critical essays / edited by Peter B. Messent
Published Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice-Hall, [1981]
©1981

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Description xi, 188 pages ; 21 cm
Series A Spectrum book
Twentieth century views
Twentieth century views.
Contents Messent, P. Introduction.--Todorov, T. The uncanny and the marvellous.--Thompson, G. R. A dark Romanticism.--Varma, D. P. Quest of the numinous.--Varnado, S. L. The idea of the numinous in Gothic literature.--Lovecraft, H. P. The beating of black wings.--Kerr, H. Ghosts and Ghost-seeing.--Reed, J. R. The occult in later Victorian literature.--Scarborough, D. Modern ghosts.--Sullivan J. Green tea.--Hennelly, M. M., Jr. Dracula.--Shreffler, P. A. H. P. Lovecraft and an American literary tradition.--Murray, D. Anthropology, fiction, and the occult
Analysis Fiction in English 1700-1980 Special subjects Supernatural Critical studies
Bibliography Bibliography: pages 187-188
Subject American fiction -- History and criticism.
English fiction -- History and criticism.
Ghost stories -- History and criticism.
Gothic revival (Literature)
Gothic revival (Literature) -- English-speaking countries.
Horror tales -- History and criticism.
Occultism in literature.
Paranormal fiction, American -- History and criticism.
Paranormal fiction, English -- History and criticism.
Supernatural in literature.
Author Messent, Peter, 1946-
LC no. 80026190
ISBN 0135377048 (paperback)
0135377129