| Introduction |
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| A Note on the Text |
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11 | (2) |
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Fear, Terror, and the Supernatural |
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13 | (24) |
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On the Words for ``Fear'' in Certain Languages: A Study in Linguistic Psychology |
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13 | (5) |
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Excerpt from on the Sublime and Beautiful |
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18 | (4) |
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On the Pleasure of Writing Dismal Stories, Exciting Surprize and Horror |
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22 | (3) |
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Excerpt from ``The Prodigal and His Brother'' |
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25 | (2) |
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The Dread of the Supernatural |
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27 | (4) |
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31 | (6) |
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The Gothics and Their Successors |
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37 | (71) |
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Excerpt from the Supernatural in Romantic Fiction |
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37 | (4) |
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Excerpt from `` On Gothic Superstition'' |
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41 | (6) |
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Excerpt from a Review of Literary Hours |
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47 | (3) |
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Introductory Dialogue to Tales of Terror |
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50 | (3) |
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Excerpt from ``The Revival of Romance'' |
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53 | (5) |
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58 | (1) |
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Fiction in the Romantic Movement |
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59 | (1) |
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Excerpt from `` Mrs. Ann Radcliffe'' |
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60 | (5) |
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Excerpts from ``Fragments of an Unpublished Manuscript'' |
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65 | (1) |
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66 | (1) |
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Introduction to Ghost Stories |
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67 | (1) |
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A Tale for a Chimney-Corner |
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68 | (9) |
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Excerpt from `` A Letter from Geneva'' |
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77 | (2) |
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Remarks on Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus |
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79 | (14) |
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Excerpt from a Review of Frankenstein; or , the Modern Prometheus |
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93 | (1) |
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Excerpt from a Review of Frankenstein; or, the Modern Prometheus |
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The Edinburgh Magazine and Literary Miscellany |
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94 | (3) |
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Review of Presumption' or the Fate of Frankenstein |
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97 | (2) |
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Excerpt's from `` Mrs. Shelly'' |
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99 | (4) |
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Letter Denying Authorship of the Vampire |
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103 | (2) |
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Excerpt from ``Ellis, Acton, and Currer Bell'' |
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105 | (3) |
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108 | (56) |
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Excerpt from ``Later German Romanticism'' |
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108 | (2) |
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The Origins of Hawthorne and Poe |
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110 | (12) |
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122 | (4) |
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Excerpt from ``Edgar Allan Poe'' |
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126 | (3) |
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Review of the Raven and Other Poems |
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129 | (3) |
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132 | (6) |
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Poe's Fixing of the Short-Story Form |
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138 | (6) |
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144 | (1) |
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Excerpt from ``The Mid-Century in America'' |
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145 | (3) |
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148 | (4) |
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Advertisement for Tales of Soldiers and Civilians |
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152 | (1) |
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Excerpt from ``Ambrose Bierce: An Appraisal'' |
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152 | (6) |
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Bierce: Satire, Romance, Philosophy |
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158 | (2) |
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Excerpt from ``The Short Story'' |
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160 | (1) |
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Excerpt from ``Concerning Irvin Cobb'' |
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161 | (3) |
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Monsters of the Gilded Age |
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164 | (45) |
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The Physiology of ``Penny Awfuls'' |
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The London Hermit (Walter Parke) |
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164 | (18) |
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Review of the Purcell Papers by J. Sheridan Le Fanu |
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182 | (1) |
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Excerpt from ``Concerning Tea'' |
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183 | (2) |
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Excerpt from `` The New Gallery'' |
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185 | (2) |
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The Religion of Robert Louis Stevenson |
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187 | (7) |
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Review of the Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde |
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194 | (1) |
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Excerpt from ``Novelists' Law'' |
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195 | (1) |
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The New York Herald Tribune |
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196 | (3) |
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Excerpt from ``Richard Mansfield'' |
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199 | (1) |
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Excerpt from ``R.L. Stevenson'' |
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200 | (1) |
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Excerpt from ``Our Library List'' |
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200 | (1) |
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201 | (1) |
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202 | (2) |
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204 | (1) |
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Excerpt from ``Open Questions: Talks with Correspondents'' |
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204 | (1) |
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Excerpt from Human Sexuality |
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205 | (1) |
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Letter to Julian Hawthorne |
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206 | (1) |
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Excerpt from Modern Vampirism |
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207 | (1) |
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208 | (1) |
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Fin De Siecle Science, Detection, and Terror |
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209 | (56) |
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Excerpt from`` Fiction of the Future'' |
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209 | (2) |
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Review of the Island of Dr. Moreau |
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211 | (3) |
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Review of the Invisible Man |
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214 | (1) |
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Excerpt from ``Love, War and Pseudo-science'' |
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215 | (1) |
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Mr. Well's War of the Worlds |
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215 | (3) |
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Review of the War of the Worlds |
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218 | (1) |
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Excerpt from the Technique of the Mystery Story |
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219 | (1) |
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Review of my Friend the Murderer |
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220 | (1) |
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Excerpt from`` Conan Doyle's the Hound of the Baskervilles'' |
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221 | (2) |
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Curiosity and Horror in the Theatre |
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223 | (4) |
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Review of the Three Imposters |
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227 | (1) |
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Review of the Great God Pan |
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228 | (2) |
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230 | (25) |
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Excerpt from `` Oscar Wilde'' |
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255 | (2) |
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257 | (8) |
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Ghosts and Kindred Horrors |
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265 | (72) |
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Excerpt from ``A Study of Individual Psychology'' |
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265 | (2) |
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The Value of the Supernatural in Fiction |
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267 | (12) |
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Some Japanese Bogie-Books |
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279 | (13) |
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292 | (2) |
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Excerpt from`` Books of the Christmas Season'' |
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294 | (1) |
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Two Volumes from Henry James |
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295 | (2) |
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297 | (2) |
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Excerpt from `` Chronicle and Comment'' |
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299 | (1) |
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Review of the King in Yellow |
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300 | (1) |
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Review of the Wind in the Rose Bush |
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300 | (1) |
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Mr. Morris's ``The Footprint'' |
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301 | (2) |
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Algernon Blackwood---An Appreciation |
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303 | (4) |
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307 | (17) |
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324 | (5) |
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The Decay of the Ghost in Fiction |
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329 | (8) |
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337 | (30) |
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The Supernatural in Fiction |
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337 | (5) |
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The Abuse of the Supernatural in Fiction |
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342 | (8) |
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Review of the Supernatural in Modern English Fiction |
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350 | (6) |
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Excerpt from the Supernatural in Modern English Fiction |
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356 | (11) |
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| Appendix: Timeline of Major Works of Horror |
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367 | (2) |
| Index |
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