A pleasing terror : the complete supernatural writings
Contributors:
Duffy, Steve.
;
Lowe, Paul, 1960-
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Lubbock, Samuel Gurney.
;
Roden, Barbara.
;
Roden, Christopher.
2001,
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, xlix, [1], 657 pages :
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Full Bibliographic Record Publication information: Ashcroft, B.C. : Ash-Tree Press, 2001. ISBN: 1553100247 Language: English Record ID: 2342550 Format: Regular Print Book Physical description: xlix, [1], 657 pages : illustrations, photo. ; 24 cm. Date acquired: Not available More creator details: M. R. James ; preface by Christopher Roden and Barbara Roden ; introduction by Steve Duffy ; memoir by S.G. Lubbock ; [illustrated by Paul Lowe.] General note: Cover art: Paul Lowe. General note: Includes the complete novel "The five jars" and the complete contents for the following collections: Ghost stories of an antiquary, More ghost stories of an antiquary, and, A thin ghost and others, A warning to the curious and other ghost stories. Contents note: A thin ghost and others: -- Preface -- The residence at Whitminster -- The diary of Mr Poynter -- An episode of cathedral history -- The story of a disappearance and an appearance -- Two doctors. Contents note: A warning to the curious and other ghost stories: -- Acknowledgements -- The haunted dolls' house -- The uncommon prayer-book -- A neighbour's landmark -- A view from a hill -- A warning to the curious -- An evening's entertainment. Contents note: Appendices [essays and miscellanea]: -- James Wilson's secret / Rosemary Pardoe and / Jane Nicholls -- The black pilgrimage / Rosemary Pardoe and / Jane Nicholls -- Irony and horror: the art of M. R. James / Samuel D. Russell -- Ghosts in medieval Yorkshire / Jacqueline Simpson -- An M. R. James letter / Introduced and annoted by Jack Adrian -- M. R. James: a select bibliography -- M. R. James on film, radio, and television. Contents note: Articles: -- Stories I have tried to write -- Some remarks on ghost stories -- Ghosts - treat them gently! -- Ghost story competition -- Introduction for "Ghosts and marvels" -- The novels and stories of J. Sheridan Le Fanu -- MRJ's prologue to "Madam Crowl's ghost" -- MRJ's epilogue to "Madam Crowl's ghost" -- MRJ's introduction to "Uncle Silas" -- Letters: MRJ to Gwendolen McBryde -- Letters to a child. Contents note: Auditor and impresario [play]. Contents note: Fragments: -- The Fenstanton Witch -- Marcilly-le-Hayer -- John Humphreys -- A night in King's College Chapel -- The game of bear -- Speaker Lenthall's tomb -- Merfield House -- Twelve medieval ghost-stories. Contents note: Ghost stories of an antiquary: -- Preface -- Canon Alberic's scrap-book -- Lost hearts -- The mezzotint -- The ash-tree -- Number 13 -- Count Magnus -- "Oh, whistle, and I'll come to you, my lad" -- The treasure of Abbot Thomas. Contents note: More ghost stories of an antiquary: -- Preface -- A school story -- The rose garden -- The tractate middoth -- Casting the runes -- The stalls of Barchester Cathedral -- Martin's Close -- Mr Humphreys and his inheritance. Contents note: Other ghost stories: -- Preface to "Collected ghost stories" -- There was a man dwelt by a churchyard -- Rats -- After dark in the playing fields -- Wailing well -- The experiment -- The malice of inanimate objects -- A vignette. Contents note: Preface -- Introduction / Steve Duffy -- A memoir of Montague Rhodes James [biographical essay] / S. G. Lubbock. Contents note: The five jars -- Introduction / Rosemary Pardoe. Access restriction: FOR USE IN MERRIL COLLECTION ONLY. NOT AVAILABLE FOR INTERLIBRARY LOAN Contributor: Duffy, Steve. Contributor: Lowe, Paul, 1960- Contributor: Lubbock, Samuel Gurney. Contributor: Roden, Barbara. Contributor: Roden, Christopher. -
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