'The Light Has Been Broken: 560+ Macabre Classics, Supernatural Mysteries & Dark Tales' showcases a vast panorama of horror and supernatural literature, featuring works by prominent figures ranging from Mary Shelley to H.P. Lovecraft. This collection presents an expansive exploration of gothic terror, psychological unease, and eerie mysteries, encapsulating a rich diversity of literary styles from the grimly poetic to the starkly suspenseful. The anthology not only reinforces the traditional elements of the macabre but also challenges them, by including lesser-known yet equally gripping tales that broaden the reader's perception of the genre. The authors included are titans of their respective eras, each contributing uniquely to the fabric of dark literature. The collection is emotionally and historically wide-ranging, carrying readers through the fear-tinged narratives of the 18th century to the more visceral horrors of the early 20th century. Together, these authors have shaped much of the modern understanding of horror and supernatural fiction, offering narratives that reflect societal anxieties and personal nightmares, framed within their distinct cultural and historical contexts. This anthology invites readers on a meticulously curated journey into the depths of horror and mystery, making it an indispensable volume for both newcomers and connoisseurs of the genre. The breadth and depth of the collection offer a remarkable educational opportunity— to observe the evolution and variety of horror writing across different periods and cultures. Engaging with this collection promises not only a thrilling literary experience but also a profound understanding of the ways in which supernatural fiction can illuminate darker corners of human experience and cultural fear.

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Forfattere:
- Mary Shelley
- H.P. Lovecraft
- H.G. Wells
- Edgar Allan Poe
- Henry James
- Hugh Walpole
- M. R. James
- Wilkie Collins
- E F Benson
- Nathaniel Hawthorne
- Ambrose Bierce
- Arthur Machen
- William Hope Hodgson
- Arthur Conan Doyle
- Grant Allen
- Bram Stoker
- Théophile Gautier
- Richard Marsh
- Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
- Thomas Hardy
- Charles Dickens
- Rudyard Kipling
- Guy De Maupassant
- Elizabeth Gaskell
- Mark Twain
- Daniel Defoe
- Jerome K Jerome
- Fitz-James O’Brien
- Catherine Crowe
- Émile Erckmann
- Alexandre Chatrian
- Pedro De Alarçon
- Amelia B. Edwards
- Washington Irving
- John Meade Falkner
- Harriet Beecher Stowe
- Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
- Louisa M. Alcott
- Edith Nesbit
- Mary Louisa Molesworth
- Francis Marion Crawford
- John Kendrick Bangs
- John Buchan
- Sabine Baring-Gould
- Cleveland Moffett
- Louis Tracy
- Nikolai Gogol
- James Malcolm Rymer
- Thomas Peckett Prest
- Frederick Marryat
- Oscar Wilde
- Robert Louis Stevenson
- Charlotte Perkins Gilman
- W. Jacobs
- H. Munro (Saki)
- Wilhelm Hauff
- Mary Elizabeth Braddon
- Robert W. Chambers
- Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- Thomas De Quincey
- William Makepeace Thackeray
- E T A Hoffmann
- Robert E. Howard
- David Lindsay
- Marie Belloc Lowndes
- Edward Bellamy
- Jack London
- Pliny the Younger
- Helena Blavatsky
- Fergus Hume
- Florence Marryat
- Villiers de l'Isle-Adam
- William Archer
- William F. Harvey
- Katherine Rickford
- Ralph Adams Cram
- Leopold Kompert
- Brander Matthews
- Vincent O'Sullivan
- Ellis Parker Butler
- A. T. Quiller-Couch
- Fiona Macleod
- Lafcadio Hearn
- William T. Stead
- Gambier Bolton
- Andrew Jackson Davis
- Nizida
- Walter F. Prince
- Chester Bailey Fernando
- Leonard Kip
- Frank R. Stockton
- Bithia Mary Croker
- Catherine L. Pirkis
- Leonid Andreyev
- Anatole France
- Richard Le Gallienne
- Lucy Maud Montgomery
- Stanley G. Weinbaum
- Horace Walpole
- William Thomas Beckford
- Matthew Gregory Lewis
- Ann Radcliffe
- Jane Austen
- John William Polidori
- Charlotte Brontë
- Emily Brontë
- Walter Hubbell
- George W. M. Reynolds
- M.P. Shiel
- Adelbert von Chamisso
- og andre
Sprog:
engelsk
Format:
- Varighed:
- 17075 sider
- Udgivelsesdato:
- 21.12.2018
- Udgiver:
- Musaicum Books
- Oversætter:
- Lafcadio Hearn, J. T. Bealby, Samuel Henley, Isabel F. Hapgood, C. J. Hogarth
- ISBN:
- 9788027247103
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