The thrill and chill of the ghost story is displayed in all its variety and vitality through this marvellous anthology. Ranging from the early 19th century to the 1960s, the collection reveals the development of the genre, and showcases many of its greatest expositors - from Sir Walter Scott, H. G. Wells, M. R. James, T. H. White, Walter de la Mare, and Elizabeth Bowen in the UK to Edith Wharton in America. Though its heyday coincided with the golden age of Empire in the nineteenth century, the ghost story enjoyed a second flowering between the two World Wars and its popularity is as great as ever.
ReviewsAn excellent anthology, full of uncanny pleasures and unsettling tales. Guaranteed to make your flesh crawl. * Waterstones Books Quarterly *
Book InformationISBN 9780199556304
Author Michael CoxFormat Paperback
Page Count 528
Imprint Oxford University PressPublisher Oxford University Press
Series Oxford Books of Prose & VerseWeight(grams) 386g
Dimensions(mm) 196mm * 129mm * 30mm