Casting the Runes: The Letters of M. R. James - Hardcover

 
9781800181755: Casting the Runes: The Letters of M. R. James
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1800181752 ISBN 13: 9781800181755
Verlag: Unbound, 2023

Inhaltsangabe

The much-loved author Montague Rhodes James is best known today for his ghost stories. Their popularity has kept them in print since the first collection was issued in 1931, and they've earned a cult following. But for all this literary success, his lifetime's correspondence has remained inaccessible in a Cambridge University archive – until now. 

This first ever collection of his personal letters has been meticulously curated, transcribed and annotated by Jamesian scholar Jane Mainley-Piddock to offer an unprecedented and overdue insight into a great and singular mind. Through notoriously illegible handwriting, we learn of James's fear of spiders and his love of cats; his musings on the work of other contemporary authors; and a whole life's thoughts on a host of subjects – which shed light on the man himself: his family, his work, his relationships and preoccupations. 

Essential reading for any fan, *Casting the Runes *brings at last to the fore a writer adored for his fiction who himself has long remained in the shadows.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Jane Mainley-Piddock is a British writer, blogger and book reviewer. She specialises in the ghost stories of M. R. James and the literature of the late Victorian period. She blogs on her website janemainley-piddock.com, where you will also find her poetry and short stories. She is based in Shropshire. @jmainpidd

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Verlag
Unbound
Erscheinungsdatum
2023
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1800181752
ISBN 13 
9781800181755
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Anzahl der Seiten
300
Herausgeber
Mainley-Piddock Dr Jane
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