The Tale of Terror: A Study of the Gothic Romance

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Author

Birkhead, Edith, 1889-1951

Credits

E-text prepared by Clare Boothby, Keith M. Eckrich, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team

Language

English

LoC Class

PN: Language and Literatures: Literature: General, Criticism, Collections

Subject

Supernatural in literature

Category

Text

eBook-No.

14154

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/14154

Release Date

November 26, 2004

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.PREFACE — CONTENTS — CHAPTER I - INTRODUCTORY. — CHAPTER II - THE BEGINNINGS OF GOTHIC ROMANCE. — CHAPTER III - "THE NOVEL OF SUSPENSE." MRS. RADCLIFFE. — CHAPTER IV - THE NOVEL OF TERROR. LEWIS AND MATURIN. — CHAPTER V - THE ORIENTAL TALE OF TERROR. BECKFORD. — CHAPTER VI - GODWIN AND THE ROSICRUCIAN NOVEL. — CHAPTER VII - SATIRES ON THE NOVEL OF TERROR. — CHAPTER VIII - SCOTT AND THE NOVEL OF TERROR. — CHAPTER IX - LATER DEVELOPMENTS OF THE TALE OF TERROR. — CHAPTER X - SHORT TALES OF TERROR. — CHAPTER XI - AMERICAN TALES OF TERROR. — CHAPTER XII - CONCLUSION.
2. 2.CHAPTER I - INTRODUCTORY.
3. 3.CHAPTER II - THE BEGINNINGS OF GOTHIC ROMANCE.
4. 4.CHAPTER III - "THE NOVEL OF SUSPENSE." MRS. RADCLIFFE.
5. 5.CHAPTER IV - THE NOVEL OF TERROR. LEWIS AND MATURIN.
6. 6.CHAPTER V - THE ORIENTAL TALE OF TERROR. BECKFORD.
7. 7.CHAPTER VI - GODWIN AND THE ROSICRUCIAN NOVEL.
8. 8.CHAPTER VII - SATIRES ON THE NOVEL OF TERROR.
9. 9.CHAPTER VIII - SCOTT AND THE NOVEL OF TERROR.
10. 10.CHAPTER IX - LATER DEVELOPMENTS OF THE TALE OF TERROR.
11. 11.CHAPTER X - SHORT TALES OF TERROR.
12. 12.CHAPTER XI - AMERICAN TALES OF TERROR.
13. 13.CHAPTER XII - CONCLUSION.
14. 14.NOTES: — INDEX

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