American Supernatural Fiction: From Edith Wharton to the "Weird Tales" Writers

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Stories of the supernatural have been a staple of American literature since the 19th-century works of Washington Irving, Edgar Allan Poe, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Henry James, and Ambrose Bierce. This collection of original essays by scholars and critics examines some of the most important 20th-century American writers of supernatural fiction. These essays are written by such experts in the field as Sam Moskowitz-well-known scholar of science fiction and fantasy, Langley Searles, publisher of Fantasy Commentator, ...
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Stories of the supernatural have been a staple of American literature since the 19th-century works of Washington Irving, Edgar Allan Poe, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Henry James, and Ambrose Bierce. This collection of original essays by scholars and critics examines some of the most important 20th-century American writers of supernatural fiction. These essays are written by such experts in the field as Sam Moskowitz-well-known scholar of science fiction and fantasy, Langley Searles, publisher of Fantasy Commentator, Brian Stableford-British novelist and critic, and Joseph Payne Brennan-the late author of fantasy and macabre stories-who discusses his career and considers the fate of the supernatural story in a technological age.
By treating both well-known writers and those not familiar to the general public, these scholars offer an overview of the achievements and the possibilities in fantastic and supernatural fiction in the 20th century.
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Eight original essays examine 20th-century contributors to the long American heritage of spooky tales. Considering both well known and obscure writers, they discuss the transition from Victorian to modern, creating beauty from the horrors of reality, Lovecraft's fiction of materialism and cosmic indifferentism, the future of the genre, and other topics. No introduction or index. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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Series Editor's Preface
Transitions from Victorian to Modern: The Supernatural Stories of Mary Wilkins Freeman and Edith Wharton 3
The Wandering Ghosts of F. Marion Crawford 43
Fantasy and Outre Themes in the Short Fiction of Edward Lucas White and Henry S. Whitehead 59
The Struggle to Create Beauty from the Horrors of Reality: David H. Keller's Fantasy Stories 77
H. P. Lovecraft: The Fiction of Materialism 141
Cosmic Indifferentism in the Fiction of H. P. Lovecraft 167
Outside the Human Aquarium: The Fantastic Imagination of Clark Ashton Smith 229
Can the Supernatural Story Survive? 253
Contributors 261
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