Vámpírok, kalandok, rejtélyek, borzongás, rémségek, misztikum, horror, kísértetek, babonák, természetfölötti a klasszikus irodalomban? Igen létezik. Az Oxford klasszikusai között is. És senkit se riasszon el a szókincs. Ha olvasott már Harry Pottert vagy játszott már a Diablo-val.... ez is menni fog. Bátran vágjon bele egy új, izgalmas irodalmi kalandba.
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Collected Ghost Stories (Owc)
Kiadó: Oxford University Press'I was conscious of a most horrible smell of mould, and of a cold kind of face pressed against my own...'Considered by many to be the most terrifying writer in English, M. R. James was an eminent scholar who spent his entire adult life in the academic surroundings of Eton and Cambridge. His classic supernatural tales draw on the terrors of the everyday, inwhich documents and objects unleash terrible forces, often in closed rooms and night-time settings where imagination runs riot. Lonely country houses, remote inns, ancient churches or the manuscript collections of great libraries provide settings forunbearable menace, from creatures seeking retribution and harm. These stories have lost none of their power to unsettle and disturb.TovábbISBN: 9780199674893nyelv(ek): angolRaktárkészlet: 1-10 pldWebes ár:
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The Castle of Otranto (Owc) * 2014
Kiadó: Oxford University Press*A new edition of one of the earliest and most influential Gothic novels, the best introduction to the work that inaugurated a literary genre.*Nick Groom's wide-ranging introduction explores the novel's Gothic context in the cultural movement that affected political and religious thinking before Walpole developed it as a literary style, helping to explain the novel's impact on contemporaries,its importance, and Walpole's pioneering innovations.*Up-to-date bibliography and notes, drawing on the latest scholarship.*Useful chronology of Walpole and the Gothic context.*Appendix includes extracts from contemporary non-fiction by Walpole and Richard Hurd demonstrating the domestication of medieval Gothic for eighteenth-century readers that fed into The Castle of Otranto.New to this edition*New introduction by Nick Groom.*Up-to-date bibliography.*Fuller chronology of Walpole and seventeenth/eighteenth century Gothic.*New notes.*An appendix with extracts from contemporary non-fiction relating to the domestication of medieval Gothic for eighteenth-century readers.*Reset text.'Look, my lord! See heaven itself declares against your impious intentions!'The Castle of Otranto (1764) is the first supernatural English novel and one of the most influential works of Gothic fiction. It inaugurated a literary genre that will be forever associated with the effects that Walpole pioneered. Professing to be atranslation of a mysterious Italian tale from the darkest Middle Ages, the novel tells of Manfred, prince of Otranto, whose fear of an ancient prophecy sets him on a course of destruction. After the grotesque death of his only son, Conrad, on his weddingday, Manfred determines to marry the bride-to-be. The virgin Isabella flees through a castle riddled with secret passages. Chilling coincidences, ghostly visitations, arcane revelations, and violent combat combine in a heady mix that terrified thenovel's first readers.In this new edition Nick Groom examines the reasons for its extraordinary impact and the Gothic culture from which it sprang. The Castle of Otranto was a game-changer, and Walpole the writer who paved the way for modern horror exponents.TovábbISBN: 9780198704447nyelv(ek): angolRaktárkészlet: 1-10 pldWebes ár:
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The Vampyre and Other Tales of The Macabre (Owc)
Kiadó: Oxford University PressJohn Polidori's classic tale The Vampyre(1819), was a product of the same ghost-story competition that produced Mary Shelley's Frankenstein . The present volume selects thirteen other tales of mystery and the macabre, including the works of James Hogg,J.S. LeFanu, Letitia Landon, EdwardTovábbISBN: 9780199552412nyelv(ek): angolRaktárkészlet: 1-10 pldWebes ár:
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Selected Tales - Poe (Owc) *
Kiadó: Oxford University PressMS Found in a BottleBerenicMorellaLigeiaThe Man That Was Used UpThe Fall of the House of UsherWilliam WilsonThe Man of the CrowdThe Murders in the Rue MorgueEleonoraThe Masque of the Red DeathThe Pit and the PendulumThe Mystery of Marie RogetThe Tell-Tale HeartThe Gold-BugThe Black CatA Tale of the Ragged MountainsThe Purloined LetterThe Systems of Doctor Tarr and Professor FetherThe Imp of the PerverseThe Cask of AmontilladoThe Domain of ArnheimHop-FrogVon Kempelen and his Discovery A unique selection of 24 talesSince their first publication in the 1830s and 1840s, Edgar Allan Poe's extraordinary Gothic tales have established themselves as classics of horror fiction and have also created many of the conventions which still dominate the genre of detectivefiction.TovábbISBN: 9780199535774nyelv(ek): angolRaktárkészlet: 1-10 pldWebes ár:
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The Old English Baron (Owc) * 2009
Kiadó: Oxford University Press*The only paperback edition of this classic Gothic novel.*Written in response to Walpole's Castle of Otranto, The Old English Baron was a major influence on the development of Gothic fiction.*Popularity of the Gothic genre in universities and among general readers.*The contextualizing introduction looks at Reeve in the context of late-eighteenth-century women's writing, and the history of the Gothic.*Appendices reprint the 1777 'Address to the Reader' and the 1780 'Dedication'.'Though I have been dead these fifteen years, I still command here, and none can enter these gates without my permission.'When Sir Philip Harclay returns to England after a long absence, he finds that his childhood friend, Arthur, Lord Lovel, is no longer alive, and that the castle and estates of the Lovel family have twice changed hands. But a mysteriously abandoned set ofrooms in the castle of Lovel promises to disclose the secrets of the past. After a series of frantic episodes and surprising revelations, culminating in a trial by combat, the crimes of the usurper and the legitimacy of the true heir are finallydiscovered.'The literary offspring of the castle of Otranto', as Reeve described it, The Old English Baron provides an ambitious rewriting of Horace Walpole's groundbreaking work, transporting the trappings of the Gothic to medieval England. Innovative and originalin its day, Reeve's historical romance is increasingly recognized as a major influence on the development of Gothic fiction.TovábbISBN: 9780199549740nyelv(ek): angolRaktárkészlet: 1-10 pldWebes ár:
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Mysteries of Udolpho (Owc) * (2009)
Kiadó: Oxford University Press* The only edition available, updated with expanded notes`Her present life appeared like the dream of a distempered imagination, or like one of those frightful fictions, in which the wild genius of the poets sometimes delighted. Rreflections brought only regret, and anticipation terror.'Such is the state of mind in which Emily St. Aubuert - the orphaned heroine of Ann Radcliffe's 1794 gothic Classic, The Mysteries of Udolpho - finds herself after Count Montoni, her evil guardian, imprisions her in his gloomy medieval fortress in theAppenines. Terror is the order of the day inside the walls of Udolpho, as Emily struggles against Montoni's rapacious schemes and the threat of her own psychological disintegration.A best-seller in its day and a potent influence on Walpole, Poe, and other writers of eighteenth and nineteenth-century Gothic horror, The Mysteries of Udolpho remains one of the most important works in the history of European fiction. As the same time,with its dream-like plot and hallucinatory rendering of its characters' psychological states, it often seems strangely modern: `permanently avant-garde' in Terry Castle's words, and a profound and fascinating challenge to contemporary readers.TovábbISBN: 9780199537419nyelv(ek): angolRaktárkészlet: 1-10 pldWebes ár:
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Late Victorian Ghotic Tales (Owc) *
Kiadó: Oxford University Press*The only mainstream anthology to bring together the defining Gothic tales of the 1890s*Complements and deepens the context for the most enduring Gothic fiction of the period: Stevenson's Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and Stoker's Dracula*Mixes well-known authors with the more obscure and brings together stories usually only available in obscure editions or in single-author collections*All texts derive from initial publication in the 1890s, rather than their subsequent, often revised, versions*Notes provide short biographies of the authors and the introduction explains the diverse reasons for the Gothic revival'He was a man of fairly firm fibre, but there was something in this sudden, uncontrollable shriek of horror which chilled his blood and pringled in his skin. Coming in such a place and at such an hour, it brought a thousand fantastic possibilities intohis head...'The Victorian fin de siccle: the era of Decadence, The Yellow Book, the New Woman, the scandalous Oscar Wilde, the Empire on which the sun never set. This heady brew was caught nowhere better than in the revival of the Gothic tale in the late Victorianage, where the undead walked and evil curses, foul murder, doomed inheritance and sexual menace played on the stretched nerves of the new mass readerships. This anthology collects together some of the most famous examples of the Gothic tale in the 1890s,with stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, Vernon Lee, Henry James and Arthur Machen, as well as some lesser known yet superbly chilling tales from the era. The introduction explores the many reasons for the Gothic revival, and how it spoke to the anxieties ofthe moment.ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth ofother valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.Readership: Readers and students of English literature, short stories, Gothic fiction, the supernatural, the uncanny, cultural studies,fin-de-siccle literatureTovábbISBN: 9780199538874nyelv(ek): angolRaktárkészlet: 1-10 pldWebes ár:
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Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde & Other Ts(Owc) * 2008
Kiadó: Oxford University Press*An excellent new edition of Stevenson's most famous story, including three additional tales, two short essays, appendixes containing extracts from contemporary writing on psychological disorder, and a wide-ranging introduction that considers the many,varied readings of this fascinating work.*Includes the short stories 'The Body Snatcher', 'Markheim', and 'Olalla' as well as the important essays 'A Chapter on Dreams' and 'A Gossip on Romance'.*Appendixes provide contextual historical material by Henry Maudsley, Frederic Myers, and W. T. Stead*Wide-ranging introduction considers the reasons for the book's popularity, 'the double' and psychoanalytic interpretations, crime, sex, class and urbanism in the 1880s, the Gothic and Modernism*Full notes, including details of the initial responses of Stevensons' contemporaries such as John Addington Symonds, Gerard Manley Hopkins, Rider Haggard*Up-to-date bibliographyNew to this edition*Three short stories: 'The Body Snatcher', 'Markheim', 'Olalla', and one essay, 'A Gossip on Romance'*Three appendixes containing extracts from contemporary writers on psychological disorder (Henry Maudsley, Frederic Myers, W. T. Stead)*New bibliography*New chronology*New notes'Instantly the spirit of hell awoke in me and raged...I was suddenly struck through the heart by a cold thrill of terror.'Stevenson's short novel, published in 1886, became an instant classic. It was a Gothic horror that originated in a feverish nightmare, whose hallucinatory setting in the murky back streets of London gripped a nation mesmerized by crime and violence. Therespectable doctor's mysterious relationship with his disreputable associate is finally revealed in one of the most original and thrilling endings in English literature.In addition to Jekyll and Hyde, this edition also includes a number of short stories and essays written by Stevenson in the 1880s, minor masterpieces of fiction and comment: 'The Body Snatcher', 'Markheim', and 'Olalla' feature grave-robbing, a sinisterdouble, and degeneracy, while 'A Chapter on Dreams' and 'A Gossip on Romance' discuss artistic creation and the 'romance' form. Appendixes provide extracts from contemporary writings on personality disorder, which set Stevenson's tale in its fullhistorical context.TovábbISBN: 9780199536221nyelv(ek): angolRaktárkészlet: 1-10 pldWebes ár:
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In A Glass Darkly (Owc) * 2009
Kiadó: Oxford University Press`the ideal reading...for the hours after midnight'Thus Henry James described the style of supernatural tale of which Sheridan Le Fanu was a master. Known in nineteenth-century Dublin as `The Invisible Prince' because of his reclusive and nocturnal habits, Le Fanu was fascinated by the occult. Hiswritings draw on the Gothic tradition, elements of Irish folklore, and even on the social and political anxieties of his Anglo-Irish contemporaries. In exploring sometimes inexplicable terrors, the tales focus on the unease of the haunted men and womenwho encounter the supernatural, rather than on the origin or purpose of the visitant. This makes for spine-chilling reading.The five stories presented here have been collected by Dr Hesselius, a `metaphysical' doctor, the forerunner of the modern psychiatrist, who is willing to consider the ghosts both as real and as hallucinatory obsessions. The reader's doubtful anxietymimics that of the protagonist, and each story thus creates that atmosphere of mystery which is the supernatural experience.TovábbISBN: 9780199537983nyelv(ek): angolRaktárkészlet: 1-10 pldWebes ár:
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Heart of Darkness and Other Tales (Owc) * 2008
Kiadó: Oxford University Press*Attractive new setting using English first edition text for this outsanding edition by acclaimed Conrad scholar Cedric Watts*Features new chronology and bibliography*A unique combination of Conrad's stories*Includes glossary of nautical terms, and a map of the Congo riverHEART OF DARKNESS * AN OUTPOST OF PROGRESS * KARAIN * YOUTHThe finest of all Conrad's tales, 'Heart of Darkness' is set in an atmosphere of mystery and menace, and tells of Marlow's perilous journey up the Congo River to relieve his employer's agent, the renowned and formidable Mr Kurtz. What he sees on hisjourney, and his eventual encounter with Kurtz, horrify and perplex him, and call into question the very bases of civilization and human nature. Endlessly reinterpreted by critics and adapted for film, radio, and television, the story shows Conrad at hismost intense and sophisticated.The other three tales in this volume depict corruption and obsession, and question racial assumptions. Set in the exotic surroundings of Africa, Malaysia. and the east, they variously appraise the glamour, folly, and rapacity of imperial adventure. Thisrevised edition uses the English first edition texts and has a new chronology and bibliography.ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth ofother valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.Readership: students and readers of English literature, history of the novel, modernism, colonial literature, ConradTovábbISBN: 9780199536016nyelv(ek): angolRaktárkészlet: 1-10 pldWebes ár:
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Dracula (Owc) * 2011
Kiadó: Oxford University Press*A new edition of one of the greatest horror stories in English literature, the novel that spawned a myth and a proliferation of vampire franchises in film, television, graphic novels, cartoons, and teen fiction.*Includes a lively and fascinating Introduction that considers Stoker's Irish heritage, the Gothic genre and vampire legend, sexual allegory, and the social and cultural contexts that feed into the novel: the New Woman, new technology, race, immigration,and religion.*Chronology of Bram Stoker and Timeline of Vampire Literature before Dracula.*Comprehensive Explanatory Notes flesh out vampire mythology and historical allusions.*Includes an appendix featuring Stoker's short story, 'Dracula's Guest', an early draft or abandoned chapter that was not published as part of the novel.New to this edition*Critically up-to-date Introduction by Roger Luckhurst.*Expanded Notes by Roger Luckhurst.*Timeline of Vampire Literature before Dracula.*Updated Select Bibliography.*Appendix: Bram Stoker's short story, 'Dracula's Guest'.*Newly typeset text of novel in larger typeface.'it was butcher work...the horrid screeching as the stake drove homeTovábbISBN: 9780199564095nyelv(ek): angolRaktárkészlet: 1-10 pldWebes ár:
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