Tale of Terror: A Study of the Gothic Romance

by Edith Birkhead

13 chapters7h 5mEnglish1920

About this book

A seminal essay on the development of horror as a genre, highly influential on later writers. - Summary by Timothy Ferguson

1Chapter 1 - Introductory

1646

2Chapter 2 - The Beginnings of Gothic Romance

2413

3Chapter 3 - "The Novel of Suspense." Mrs Radcliffe

2701

4Chapter 4 - The novel of Terror. Lewis and Maturin

3599

5Chapter 5 - The Oriental Tale of Terror. Beckford

597

6Chapter 6 - Godwin and the Rosicrucian Novel

3122

7Chapter 7 - Satires on the Novel of Terror

1852

8Chapter 8 - Scott and the Novel of Terror

1280

9Chapter 9 - Later Developents in the Tale of Terror

3139

10Chapter 10 - Short Tales of Terror

1375

11Chapter 11 - American Tales of Terror

2783

12Chapter 12 - Conclusion

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