The Tale of Terror: A Study of the Gothic RomanceConstable Limited, 1921 - 241 A history of the 'thriller' from myth and folk-tale through Walpole and Mrs Radcliffe to Poe and Le Fanu. |
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A Study of the Gothic Romance Edith Birkhead. 1 [ THE TALE OF TERROR THE TALE OF TERROR A Study.
A Study of the Gothic Romance Edith Birkhead. 1 [ THE TALE OF TERROR THE TALE OF TERROR A Study.
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A Study of the Gothic Romance Edith Birkhead. THE TALE OF TERROR A Study of the Gothic Romance BY EDITH BIRKHEAD M.A. ASSISTANT LECTURER IN ENGLISH LITERATURE IN THE UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL FORMERLY NOBLE FELLOW IN THE UNIVERSITY OF ...
A Study of the Gothic Romance Edith Birkhead. THE TALE OF TERROR A Study of the Gothic Romance BY EDITH BIRKHEAD M.A. ASSISTANT LECTURER IN ENGLISH LITERATURE IN THE UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL FORMERLY NOBLE FELLOW IN THE UNIVERSITY OF ...
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... tale of terror ; the element of fear in myths , heroic legends , ballads and folk - tales ; terror in the romances of the middle ages , in Elizabethan times and in the seven- teenth century ; the credulity of the age of reason ; the ...
... tale of terror ; the element of fear in myths , heroic legends , ballads and folk - tales ; terror in the romances of the middle ages , in Elizabethan times and in the seven- teenth century ; the credulity of the age of reason ; the ...
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... TALE OF TERROR . BECKFORD The Oriental story in France and England in the eighteenth century ; Beckford's Vathek ; Beckford's life and character ; his literary gifts ; later Oriental tales CHAPTER VI GODWIN AND THE ROSICRUCIAN NOVEL ...
... TALE OF TERROR . BECKFORD The Oriental story in France and England in the eighteenth century ; Beckford's Vathek ; Beckford's life and character ; his literary gifts ; later Oriental tales CHAPTER VI GODWIN AND THE ROSICRUCIAN NOVEL ...
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... Tale , a masterpiece of supernatural horror ; the use of the supernatural in the Waverley Novels ; / Scott , the supplanter of the novel of terror CHAPTER IX - 145-156 LATER DEVELOPMENTS OF THE TALE OF TERROR The exaggeration of the ...
... Tale , a masterpiece of supernatural horror ; the use of the supernatural in the Waverley Novels ; / Scott , the supplanter of the novel of terror CHAPTER IX - 145-156 LATER DEVELOPMENTS OF THE TALE OF TERROR The exaggeration of the ...
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