The fantasy book: The ghostly, the Gothic, the magical, the unreal

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Contents include: Gothic origins / Early grandmasters of fantasy: E. T. A. Hoffman, Edgar Allan Poe, Gogol, and Russian fantasy / Themes and characters: Vampires, A gentleman from Transylvania, Werewolves, The Golem / Ghost and horror stories in Britain: Victorian ghost stories, Le Fanu and others, The classic English ghost story, M.R. James and others, Psychic subtleties, de la Mare, Machen, Blackwood / Horror in the USA: Bierce and the inheritance of Poe, The demonic vision of H. P, Lovecraft, Horror publishers: Arkhamn House and others, The Cthulhu Mythos, The Magazines: Weird Tales and others / Alternative worlds: William Morris, Lord Dunsany, J.R.R. Tolkien / Fantasy and popular fiction: Exotic adventure, Rider Haggard / The lighter side of fantasy: Lewis Carroll, Unknown Worlds / Fantasy and the search for meaning: C. S. Lewis, Charles Williams, Franz Kafka, Mervyn Peake / The international contribution / Fantasy now / Bibliography / index.