Language: English
Published in: 1938
Categorie(s): Non-Fiction, Literary criticism, Gothic & Romance
Word count: 27,864 words (≈ about 2 hours)
Source: http://en.wikisource.org
Copyright: This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70.
Great modern American supernaturalist brilliantly surveys history of genre to 1930s, summarizing, evaluating scores of books, including works by Poe, Bierce, M.R. James, "Monk" Lewis, many others. Praised by critics as diverse as Edmund Wilson and Vincent Starrett.
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