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1 online resource (1 audio file (15hr., 24 min.)) : digital. |
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Read by John Rubinstein, Stefan Rudnicki, Gabrielle De Cuir, Justine Eyre. |
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From two acclaimed experts in the genre, a brand-new volume of supernatural stories showcasing the forgotten female horror writers from 1852-1923 While the nineteen-year-old Mary Shelley may be hailed as the first modern writer of horror, the success of her immortal Frankenstein undoubtedly inspired dozens of female authors who wrote their own evocative, chilling tales. Weird Women, edited by award-winning anthologists Lisa Morton and Leslie S. Klinger, collects some of the finest tales of terror by authors as legendary as Louisa May Alcott, Frances Hodgson Burnett, and Charlotte Perkins Gilman, alongside works of writers who were the bestsellers and critical favorites of their time-Marie Corelli, Ellen Glasgow, Charlotte Riddell-and lesser known authors who are deserving of contemporary recognition. As railroads, industry, cities, and technology flourished in the mid-nineteenth century, so did stories exploring the horrors they unleashed. This anthology includes ghost stories and tales of haunted houses, as well as mad scientists, werewolves, ancient curses, mummies, psychological terrors, demonic dimensions, and even weird westerns. Curated by Klinger and Morton with an aim to present work that has languished in the shadows, all of these exceptional supernatural stories are sure to surprise, delight, and frighten today's readers. "Horrors and mysteries abound here, with well-known writers like Charlotte Perkins Gilman published alongside less recognized names like Marie Corelli, an early-1900s author who outsold 'contemporaries like Rudyard Kipling and Arthur Conan Doyle' and whose 'admirers included Oscar Wilde.'" "It is an absolute must-own for those interested in the women who helped shape the horror genre…A cross-section of the women who published during the time period, focusing on tales that are not only well-written but are also genuinely creepy." "A feast of entertaining (and often scary) reads. Highly recommended for those interested in literature of the horror and supernatural variety." "Morton and Klinger refute the popular misconception that the early horror genre had few female writers-in reality, as they show, women writers were forerunners of the genre… Feminist and horror-genre readers will jump on this compelling and spooky collection." |
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Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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Paranormal fiction.
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Paranormal fiction -- Women authors.
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Supernatural in literature -- Women authors.
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Fantasy fiction, English -- Women authors.
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Horror tales, English -- Women authors.
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Short stories -- Women authors.
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Morton, Lisa, 1958- editor.
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Klinger, Leslie S., editor.
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Container of (expression): Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn, 1810-1865.
Old nurse's story.
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Container of (expression): Spofford, Harriet Elizabeth Prescott, 1835-1921.
Moonstone mass.
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Container of (expression): Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888.
Lost in a pyramid, or the mummy's curse.
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Container of (expression): Phelps, Elizabeth Stuart, 1844-1911.
What was the matter?
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Container of (expression): Dawson, Emma Frances.
Itinerant house.
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Container of (expression): Riddell, J. H., Mrs., 1832-1906.
Nut Bush Farm.
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Container of (expression): Jewett, Sarah Orne, 1849-1909.
Gray man.
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Container of (expression): Schreiner, Olive, 1855-1920.
In a far-off world.
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Container of (expression): Gilman, Charlotte Perkins, 1860-1935.
Giant wisteria.
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Container of (expression): Corelli, Marie, 1855-1924.
Lady with the carnations.
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Container of (expression): Housman, Clemence.
Were-wolf.
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Container of (expression): Shorter, Dora Sigerson, 1866-1918.
Transmigration.
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Container of (expression): Freeman, Mary Eleanor Wilkins, 1852-1930.
Wind in the rose-bush.
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Container of (expression): Kavanagh, Herminie Templeton.
Banshee's Halloween.
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Container of (expression): Burnett, Frances Hodgson, 1849-1924.
In the closed room.
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Container of (expression): Dunbar, Olivia Howard, 1873-1953.
Dream-baby.
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Container of (expression): Nesbit, E. (Edith), 1858-1924.
Third drug.
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Container of (expression): Austin, Mary, 1868-1934.
Pocket-hunter's story.
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Container of (expression): Bowen, Marjorie, 1888-1952.
Twilight.
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Container of (expression): Bloch, Regina Miriam, 1889-1938.
Swine-gods.
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Container of (expression): Glasgow, Ellen, 1873-1945.
Jordan's end.
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| ISBN |
9781094179582 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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1094179582 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
| Music No. |
MWT13942132 |
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