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The supernatural is a traditional element in literature. Since the
epic of Beowulf, there has been a continuing presence of the unearthly
and weird in poetry, drama, and fiction. The Supernatural in
Modern English Fiction offers readers an overview of some of
the greatest known, as well as some forgotten yet eerily
important, works of English literature.
From the precursor of supernaturalism, the Gothic novel with its
gloomy castles and cloisters, to the ghosts and madness and horrors
written in the ninteenth and early twentieth century, this volume is
a guide to a grotesquerie of tales. With chapters like "The Devil
and His Allies," "The Supernatural in Folk-Tales," and "Supernatural
Science," the unearthly and the bizarre are met inside these pages
in all their myriad guises. This is a book that will appeal to
aficionados of fantastic and horror literature, offering new insight
into the history of so many grand and delightfully macabre stories.
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