Casting the Runes

The Letters of M. R. James

Casting the Runes
Jane Mainley-Piddock
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Hardback
h240 x 159mm - 300pg
16 Feb 2023 UK
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9781800181755
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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.
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
Status: No local stock, title imported to order
ISBN-13: 9781800181755
Published: 16 Feb 2023
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Unbound
Publisher: Unbound
Format: Hardback
Height: 240mm
Width: 159mm
Pages: 300

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