Ghost Stories #: Irish Ghost Stories

Ghost Stories #: Irish Ghost Stories
Maura McHugh, J K Jackson
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Paperback
h198 x 130mm - 256pg
11 Oct 2022 UK
International import eta 10-19 days
9781804172384
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A new, lyrical collection of famous stories and the less well-known. A collection of characteristically playful yet philosophical Irish ghost stories from authors such as Oscar Wilde (The Canterville Ghost), Sheridan Le Fanu (The Child That Went With The Fairies, Stories Of Lough Guir), Charles Maturin (extracts from Melmoth the Wanderer), Lord Dunsany (' The Ghost in the Corner' , ' The Sword of Welleran' ) and Fitz-James O' Brien (' The Diamond Lens' , ' What Was It? ' ). 10 b/w illustrations

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Maura McHugh lives in Galway, Ireland and graduated with an MA in Irish 19th Century Supernatural Fiction. She writes across a variety of media, including prose, theatre, film/TV, video games, and comic books. Her 2019 short story collection The Boughs Withered (When I Told Them My Dreams), was nominated for the British Fantasy Award for Best Collection, and its title story was reprinted in Shadow Voices: 300 Years of Irish Genre Fiction, edited by John Connolly. She also writes non-fiction and appears on podcasts and radio, where she interviews, reviews, and discusses pop culture. Jackson is General Editor of The World' s Greatest Myths and Legends series, with titles including ' Myths of Babylon' , ' Indian Myth' , ' Egyptian Myth' , ' Norse Myth' and ' Polynesian Island Myth' . He is editor of ' Myths and Legends' and foreword writer for ' Celtic Myths and Tales' . Other related work includes articles on the Philosophy of Time, ' Macbeth, A Gothic Chaos' and William Blake' s use of mythology in his visionary literature.
Status: No local stock, title imported to order
ISBN-13: 9781804172384
Published: 11 Oct 2022
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Flame Tree Publishing
Publisher: Flame Tree Publishing
Format: Paperback
Height: 198mm
Width: 130mm
Spine: 15mm
Weight: 176g
Pages: 256

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