The Supernatural in Modern English Fiction
The Supernatural in Modern English Fiction, published in 1917 by Dorothy Scarborough, a Texan novelist and teacher at Columbia University, was the first full study of its subject. Scarborough begins with the Gothic romance of Walpole, Radcliffe and their followers, its ghosts, witches and devils, then traces later influences and the modern ghost story, the devil and his allies, vampires and werewolves, the Wandering Jew, the elixir of life, reincarnation and spiritualism, supernatural folk tales and the supernatural science of writers like Wells. Her reading is wide, her judgments lively, and her bibliography ran to thousands of titles. The full text is available to read online in your browser on Vinteuil, and the first chapter is free.
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