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American Fantastic Tales: Terror and the Uncanny from Poe to Now Set : A Library of America Boxed Set by Peter Straub (2009, Hardcover)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherLibrary of America, T.H.E.

ISBN-101598530593

ISBN-139781598530599

eBay Product ID (ePID)72747348

Product Key Features

Book TitleAmerican Fantastic Tales: Terror and the Uncanny from Poe to Now Set : A Library of America Boxed Set

Number of Pages1500 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2009

TopicShort Stories (Single Author), Ghost, General, Literary

GenreFiction

AuthorPeter Straub

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height2.7 in

Item Weight51.1 Oz

Item Length8.5 in

Item Width5.3 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

Grade FromTwelfth Grade

Number of Volumes2 vols.

Grade ToUP

SynopsisFrom its beginning, American literature teems with tales of horror, hauntings, terrifying obsessions and gruesome incursions, of the uncanny ways in which ordinary reality can be breached and subverted by the unknown and the irrational. In the tales of Irving, Poe, and Hawthorne, and their literary successors, the bright prospects of the New World face an uneasy reckoning with the forces of darkness. As this pathbreaking two-volume anthology demonstrates, it is a tradition with many unexpected detours and hidden chambers, and one that continues to evolve, finding new forms and new themes. Peter Straub, a contemporary master of literary horror and fantasy, offers an authoritative and diverse gathering of stories calculated to unsettle and delight, in styles ranging from the exquisitely insinuating speculations of Henry James's "The Jolly Corner" to the nightmarish post-apocalyptic savagery of Harlan Ellison's "I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream." Ghostly narratives of the Edwardian era, lurid classics from the pulp heyday of Weird Tales, latter-day masterpieces by Shirley Jackson, Ray Bradbury, Stephen King, Joyce Carol Oates, and Steven Millhauser: over 80 stories in all, with a generous selection of contemporary authors who continue to push the genre in new and startling directions. LIBRARY OF AMERICA is an independent nonprofit cultural organization founded in 1979 to preserve our nation's literary heritage by publishing, and keeping permanently in print, America's best and most significant writing. The Library of America series includes more than 300 volumes to date, authoritative editions that average 1,000 pages in length, feature cloth covers, sewn bindings, and ribbon markers, and are printed on premium acid-free paper that will last for centuries.