Udvidet returret til d. 31. januar 2025

The Collected Supernatural & Weird Fiction of M. R. James - M R (King's College James - Bog

- The Novelette 'The Five Jars, ' the Classic Short Stories 'Canon Alberic's Scrap-Book, ' 'l

Bag om The Collected Supernatural & Weird Fiction of M. R. James

Thirty-four masterful strange tales by the grand master of the nature of fear There has been much written about Montague Rhodes James that needs no repetition here. To those who know anything of the literature of the supernatural his name and work stands on the highest tier in the Pantheon of the greatest writers of the genre. James brought his horrors to his readers genteelly wrapped in the fine prose of an academic often describing the apparently logical lives and worlds of fictional nondescript academics and antiquarians. Brilliantly, his menaces creep into the safe lives of unsuspecting, undynamic personalities-into the very fabric of the ordinary in notably commonplace scenarios. In this lies the James genius, for he understood well that it is the subtle menace of approaching horror that builds the most terror and that what we all fear most, born out of our primeval fear of darkness, is the unknown and the unfathomable. James' ghosts rarely come shrieking out of a closet. They hint at their presence, they unsettle and then they approach with dreadful inexorability. Among those who know the genre of supernatural fiction well many regard M. R. James as its finest exponent. For those who are yet to experience his delicious chills this volume will be a revelation and an abiding pleasure. This special Leonaur edition of all the M. R. James supernatural and weird fiction completed and published in his lifetime contains the enduringly popular 'Canon Alberic's Scrap-Book,' 'Lost Hearts' and 'The Ash-Tree' as well as less familiar gems such as 'The Tractate Middoth' and 'Mr Humphreys and His Inheritance.' In all, a feast of thirty-four small masterpieces including James' strange novella for younger readers 'The Five Jars.' Leonaur editions are newly typeset and are not facsimiles; each title is available in softcover and hardback with dustjacket-ideal for collectors or as a special gift to be forever treasured.

Vis mere
  • Sprog:
  • Engelsk
  • ISBN:
  • 9780857064196
  • Indbinding:
  • Hardback
  • Sideantal:
  • 432
  • Udgivet:
  • 17. november 2010
  • Størrelse:
  • 225x153x37 mm.
  • Vægt:
  • 706 g.
  • 8-11 hverdage.
  • 20. november 2024

Normalpris

  • BLACK NOVEMBER

Medlemspris

Prøv i 30 dage for 45 kr.
Herefter fra 79 kr./md. Ingen binding.

Beskrivelse af The Collected Supernatural & Weird Fiction of M. R. James

Thirty-four masterful strange tales by the grand master of the nature of fear
There has been much written about Montague Rhodes James that needs no repetition here. To those who know anything of the literature of the supernatural his name and work stands on the highest tier in the Pantheon of the greatest writers of the genre. James brought his horrors to his readers genteelly wrapped in the fine prose of an academic often describing the apparently logical lives and worlds of fictional nondescript academics and antiquarians. Brilliantly, his menaces creep into the safe lives of unsuspecting, undynamic personalities-into the very fabric of the ordinary in notably commonplace scenarios. In this lies the James genius, for he understood well that it is the subtle menace of approaching horror that builds the most terror and that what we all fear most, born out of our primeval fear of darkness, is the unknown and the unfathomable. James' ghosts rarely come shrieking out of a closet. They hint at their presence, they unsettle and then they approach with dreadful inexorability. Among those who know the genre of supernatural fiction well many regard M. R. James as its finest exponent. For those who are yet to experience his delicious chills this volume will be a revelation and an abiding pleasure.
This special Leonaur edition of all the M. R. James supernatural and weird fiction completed and published in his lifetime contains the enduringly popular 'Canon Alberic's Scrap-Book,' 'Lost Hearts' and 'The Ash-Tree' as well as less familiar gems such as 'The Tractate Middoth' and 'Mr Humphreys and His Inheritance.' In all, a feast of thirty-four small masterpieces including James' strange novella for younger readers 'The Five Jars.'
Leonaur editions are newly typeset and are not facsimiles; each title is available in softcover and hardback with dustjacket-ideal for collectors or as a special gift to be forever treasured.

Brugerbedømmelser af The Collected Supernatural & Weird Fiction of M. R. James



Find lignende bøger
Bogen The Collected Supernatural & Weird Fiction of M. R. James findes i følgende kategorier:

Gør som tusindvis af andre bogelskere

Tilmeld dig nyhedsbrevet og få gode tilbud og inspiration til din næste læsning.