"Inspiring a mysterious terror"
- 250 Seiten
- 9 Lesestunden
Best known for his Gothic masterpiece Uncle Silas and the vampire story Carmilla, Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu was a prolific writer whose extensive work included historical, sensation, and horror novels, poems, ballads, supernatural stories, journalism, and verse-drama. While his name resonates with horror aficionados, much of his oeuvre remains obscure. Despite Carmilla being the most recognized female vampire globally, Le Fanu himself is largely unknown outside Irish Gothic scholarship, with much of his fiction difficult to access or out of print. To commemorate the bicentenary of Le Fanu’s birth, this collection unites established scholars and emerging researchers to illuminate some of his lesser-known works and celebrate his significant impact on the Gothic genre. The collection aims to broaden the critical focus beyond a limited selection of his writings, exploring other Gothic novels like The Rose and the Key, Haunted Lives, and A Lost Name, along with his short stories and journalism. It also examines Le Fanu’s connection to Victorian Ireland, particularly Dublin, from various perspectives, while addressing his status as a substantial ‘Irish’ writer.
