Fantasmagoriana The Tales Of The Dead

Author : A.J. Day
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 157 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2005-09-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781411652910

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Fantasmagoriana (Tales of the Dead) by A.J. Day Pdf

It was on a 'dark and stormy night', during the summer of 1816 that an eccentic group of English literati gathered at the Villa Diodati. The atmosphere at the Villa was charged by the violent streaks of lightening that licked at the mountain tops and split a black sky. As the wind outside whipped up the surface of lake Leman into a cauldron of waves the occupants of the Villa; Lord Byron, Mary Shelley, Dr John Polidori, Percy Shelley and Claire Clairmont, whipped themselves into a gothic frenzy with recitals of haunting poetry and ghost stories. The stories that they read came from a book, originally written in German, that had recently been translated into French. The book that they read from was called Fantasmagoriana. Fantasmagoriana has a unique place in literary history. This is the first full translation of the stories that inspired Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and Dr John Polidori's The Vampyre.

Author : Johann August Apel,Friedrich August Schulze,Johann Karl August Musäus
Publisher : e-artnow
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2021-05-07
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : EAN:4064066382063

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Fantasmagoriana - Collected Tales of Ghosts by Johann August Apel,Friedrich August Schulze,Johann Karl August Musäus Pdf

"Fantasmagoriana – Collected Tales of the Dead" were the very ghost stories that inspired and gave rise to classics like Frankenstein and The Vampyre. Originally translated from German, these tales have retained their charm, chilling effect, horror and suspense until today. Contents: The Family Portraits The Fated Hour The Death's Head The Death-Bride The Storm The Spectre-Barber or, Dumb Love Excerpt: "It is generally believed that at this time of day no one puts any faith in ghosts and apparitions. Yet, on reflection, this opinion does not appear to me quite correct: for, without alluding to workmen in mines, and the inhabitants of mountainous countries,—the former of whom believe in spectres and hobgoblins presiding over concealed treasures, and the latter in apparitions and phantoms announcing either agreeable or unfortunate tidings,—may we not ask why amongst ourselves there are certain individuals who have a dread of passing through a church-yard after night-fall? Why others experience an involuntary shuddering at entering a church, or any other large uninhabited edifice, in the dark? And, in fine, why persons who are deservedly considered as possessing courage and good sense, dare not visit at night even places where they are certain of meeting with nothing they need dread from living beings? They are ever repeating, that the living are only to be dreaded; and yet fear night, because they believe, by tradition, that it is the time which phantoms choose for appearing to the inhabitants of the earth..."

Author : Johann Karl August Musäus,Johann August Apel,Friedrich August Schulze
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 153 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2023-12-17
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : EAN:8596547780410

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Fantasmagoriana - Selected Tales of the Dead by Johann Karl August Musäus,Johann August Apel,Friedrich August Schulze Pdf

Good Press presents to you the meticulously edited collection of "Fantasmagoriana – Selected Tales of the Dead." These were the very ghost stories that inspired and gave rise to classics like Frankenstein and The Vampyre. Originally translated from German, these tales have retained their charm, chilling effect, horror and suspense until today. Contents: The Family Portraits The Fated Hour The Death's Head The Death-Bride The Storm The Spectre-Barber or, Dumb Love Excerpt: "It is generally believed that at this time of day no one puts any faith in ghosts and apparitions. Yet, on reflection, this opinion does not appear to me quite correct: for, without alluding to workmen in mines, and the inhabitants of mountainous countries,—the former of whom believe in spectres and hobgoblins presiding over concealed treasures, and the latter in apparitions and phantoms announcing either agreeable or unfortunate tidings,—may we not ask why amongst ourselves there are certain individuals who have a dread of passing through a church-yard after night-fall? Why others experience an involuntary shuddering at entering a church, or any other large uninhabited edifice, in the dark? And, in fine, why persons who are deservedly considered as possessing courage and good sense, dare not visit at night even places where they are certain of meeting with nothing they need dread from living beings? They are ever repeating, that the living are only to be dreaded; and yet fear night, because they believe, by tradition, that it is the time which phantoms choose for appearing to the inhabitants of the earth..."

Author : Johann Karl August Musäus,Johann August Apel,Friedrich August Schulze
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2022-11-13
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : EAN:8596547404477

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Fantasmagoriana - The Tales of the Dead by Johann Karl August Musäus,Johann August Apel,Friedrich August Schulze Pdf

DigiCat presents to you the unique and meticulously edited collection of "Fantasmagoriana – Selected Tales of the Dead." These were the very ghost stories that inspired and gave rise to classics like Frankenstein and The Vampyre. Originally translated from German, these tales have retained their charm, chilling effect, horror and suspense until today. Contents: The Family Portraits The Fated Hour The Death's Head The Death-Bride The Storm The Spectre-Barber or, Dumb Love Excerpt: "It is generally believed that at this time of day no one puts any faith in ghosts and apparitions. Yet, on reflection, this opinion does not appear to me quite correct: for, without alluding to workmen in mines, and the inhabitants of mountainous countries,—the former of whom believe in spectres and hobgoblins presiding over concealed treasures, and the latter in apparitions and phantoms announcing either agreeable or unfortunate tidings,—may we not ask why amongst ourselves there are certain individuals who have a dread of passing through a church-yard after night-fall? Why others experience an involuntary shuddering at entering a church, or any other large uninhabited edifice, in the dark? And, in fine, why persons who are deservedly considered as possessing courage and good sense, dare not visit at night even places where they are certain of meeting with nothing they need dread from living beings? They are ever repeating, that the living are only to be dreaded; and yet fear night, because they believe, by tradition, that it is the time which phantoms choose for appearing to the inhabitants of the earth..."

Author : Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley,Mathew Lewis,Percy Bysshe Shelley,Lord Byron,John Polidori
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2011-12-03
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1467969885

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Fantasmagoriana by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley,Mathew Lewis,Percy Bysshe Shelley,Lord Byron,John Polidori Pdf

In the gloomy summer of 1816, a motley collection of poets, exiles, and adulterers gathered at the Villa Diodati on the shores of Lake Geneva...Fantasmagoriana: a collection of Gothic tales by Mary Shelley, Lord Byron, Percy Bysshe Shelley, and John William Polidori, all originating in a night of ghost storytelling.Contains the complete FRANKENSTEIN and Polidori's influential THE VAMPYRE, plus Gothic works by Byron, Shelley, and Mathew 'Monk' Lewis.

Author : Sarah Elizabeth Utterson, trans.
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2019-10-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781794705548

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Tales of the Dead: Selections from Fantasmagoriana, the Classic German Book of Ghost Stories by Sarah Elizabeth Utterson, trans. Pdf

These six classic tales of ghosts and hauntings, culled from Fantasmagoriana (1818), a German book that reputedly helped inspire Mary Shelley to pen her immortal novel Frankenstein while staying with Percy Shelley and the mad, vampiric Lord Byron on that haunted summer at Villa Diodati, in Switzerland, two hundred years ago. That night saw the birth of monsters such as the vampire Lord Ruthven, made famous by John Polidori's story The Vampire, as well a vampire tale by Byron himself, one left never finished. But the hideous visage of Frankenstein's monster was born from the nightmares of Mary, to stalk the earth and the dark, troubling dreams of man, forever. These six German classics of supernatural terror gave birth to the inspiration for such ghastly horrors. For, Fear, just as much as Love, is a universal language.

Author : Eric J. Guignard,Leslie S. Klinger,Lisa Morton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2023-11-28
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1949491552

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Fantasmagoriana Deluxe by Eric J. Guignard,Leslie S. Klinger,Lisa Morton Pdf

First published in 1812, FANTASMAGORIANA has become one of the most seminal ghost-story anthologies of all time. Originally collected as a French translation of eight German-language tales, FANTASMAGORIANA famously led to the creation of such works as the horror-classic novel FRANKENSTEIN, the short story "The Vampyre" (a progenitor to the fantasy vampire genre), the novella "Ernestus Berchtold; or, The Modern Oedipus," the poem "Manfred," and more. In 1813, the anthology was partially translated into English as TALES OF THE DEAD, excluding three of the original stories while adding in one new, and inspiring an even wider audience to delight in stories of the ghostly and macabre. Now, for the first time, both FANTASMAGORIANA and TALES OF THE DEAD have been combined into one English-language volume, in this beautifully presented showcase by Dark Moon Books! Also included within are: * Original English translations by Anna Ziegelhof * Introduction by award-winning author Lisa Morton * Annotations by noted literary editor Leslie S. Klinger * Illustrations, biographies, reading list, and more! Open yourself to FANTASMAGORIANA DELUXE, and to all that is weird, ghostly, and wonderous.

Author : Sarah Elizabeth Brown Mrs [Utterson,Fantasmagoriana
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2022-10-27
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1016087322

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Tales of the Dead by Sarah Elizabeth Brown Mrs [Utterson,Fantasmagoriana Pdf

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Jean Baptiste Benoît Eyriès
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1813
Category : Ghosts in literature
ISBN : OCLC:222188552

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Tales of the Dead by Jean Baptiste Benoît Eyriès Pdf

Author : Various
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 6887 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2023-11-12
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : EAN:8596547719144

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The German Classics of the 19th and 20th Century (Vol. 1-14) by Various Pdf

German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries is a collection of carefully selected masterpieces of German literature in last two centuries. The most representative German writers of each period are brought together and represented by their best and finest works from the great epoch of Classicism and Romanticism to early modern literature of twentieth century: Vol. I & II: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Vol. III: Friedrich von Schiller Vol. IV: Jean Paul; Wilhelm von Humboldt; August Wilhelm Schlegel; Friedrich Schlegel; Novalis; Friedrich Hölderlin; Ludwig Tieck; Heinrich von Kleist Vol. V: Friedrich Schleiermacher; Johann Gottlieb Fichte; Friedrich Wilhem Joseph von Schelling; Ludgwig Achim von Arnim and Clemens Brentano; Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm; Ernst Moritz Arndt; Theodor Kürner; Maximilian Gottfried von Schenkendorf; Ludwig Uhland; Joseph von Eichendorff; Adalbert von Chamisso; Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann; Friedrich Baron de la Motte-Fouqué; Wilhelm Hauff; Friedrich Rükert; August von Platen-Hallermund Vol. VI: Heinrich Heine; Franz Grillparzer; Ludwig van Beethoven Vol. VII: Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel; Bettina von Arnim; Karl Lebrecht Immermann; Karl Ferdinand Gutzkow; Anastasius Grün, Nikolaus Lenau; Eduard Mörike; Annette Elizabeth von Droste-Hülshoff; Ferdinand Freiligrath; Moritz Graf von Strachwitz; Georg Herwegh; Emanual Geigel Vol. VIII: Berthold Auerbach; Jeremias Gotthelf; Fritz Reuter; Adalbert Stifter; Wilhelm Heinrich Riehl Vol. IX: Friedrich Hebbel; Otto Ludwig Vol. X: Prince Otto von Bismarck; Count Helmuth von Moltke; Ferdinand Lassalle Vol. XI: Friedrich Spielhagen; Theodor Storm; Wilhelm Raabe Vol. XII: Gustav Freytag; Theodor Fontane Vol. XII: Helene Böhlau; Clara Viebig; Eduard von Keyserling; Thomas Mann; Ludwig Thoma; Rudolf Hans Bartsch; Emil Strauss; Hermann Hesse; Ernst Zahn; Jakob Schaffner Vol. XIV: Jakob Wassermann; Bernhard Kellermann; Max Halbe; Hugo von Hofmannsthal; Arthur Schnitzler; Frank Wedekind; Ernst Hardt

Author : Various
Publisher : Profile Books
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2013-09-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781847659828

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Tales from the Dead of Night: Thirteen Classic Ghost Stories by Various Pdf

From a beautiful antique that gives its owner a show he'd rather forget, to 'ghost detective' whose exorcism goes horribly wrong and a sinister masked ball which seems to have one too many guests, these ghost stories of supernatural terror are guaranteed to make you shiver, thrill and look under the bed tonight. From rural England to colonial India, in murky haunted mansions and under modern electric lighting, these master storytellers - some of the best writers in the English language - unfold spinetinglers which pull back the veil of everyday life to reveal the nightmares which lurk just out of sight. They are lessons in ingenuity and surprise, sometimes building slowly to a chilling climax, sometimes springing horror on you from the utterly banal. And as you'd expect from these writers, the stories are more than simply frightening - they're also disquieting exposures of mortality, loneliness and the human capacity for both evil and remorse. We wish you pleasant dreams. Contains ghost stories by: Ruth Rendell, M. R. James, Rudyard Kipling, Edith Wharton, E. F. Benson, E. Nesbit, Saki, W. W. Jacobs, W. F. Harvey, Hugh Walpole, Chico Kidd and LP Hartley.

Author : Raul Calzoni,Kirsten von Hagen
Publisher : Akademische Verlagsgemeinschaft München
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2023-06-05
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9783960916062

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Der Vampir by Raul Calzoni,Kirsten von Hagen Pdf

Der Vampirmythos findet in der Populärkultur als Blutsauger und Übermensch Resonanz. Es geht um die rätselhafte Frage des Übergangs der Toten ins Jenseits, das Spannungsfeld von Eros und Thanatos. Seit mehr als 200 Jahren nach der Veröffentlichung von John Polidoris "The Vampyre. A Tale" (1819) ist der Vampir Bestandteil der europäischen Literaturen. Als liminale Figur konnotiert er Invasion und ist damit eng mit der Abwehr des (fremden) Anderen assoziiert; als ambivalente Figur signifiziert der Vampir faszinosum und tremendum, steht für Kulturkontakt und Abgrenzung gleichermaßen. Der Vampir fungiert seit der Aufklärung selbst als Reflexionsfigur unterschiedlicher Wissenskulturen und ist derart für die Fragestellung des kulturellen Transfers doppelt relevant. Insbesondere vor dem Hintergrund aktueller Entwicklungen in Europa mit gegenwärtig einhergehender Angst vor Überfremdung entwickelt die Figur neues Deutungspotential. Die Grenze zwischen Tier und Mensch, belebt/unbelebt, dem Heiligen und dem Profanen, zwischen Genres und Medien, zwischen Kulturen, gesellschaftlichen Schichten, Geschlechtern, geographischen Räumen – all diese Aspekte thematisiert dieser Band am Beispiel der Grenzgängerfigur Vampir. Mit Beiträgen von: Raul Calzoni, Maria Grazia Cammarota, Silvia Casazza, Michela Gardini, Kirsten von Hagen, Peter von Möllendorff, Alexandra Müller, Marco Sirtori, Martin Spies, Bernhard Unterholzner, Alessandra Violi

Author : Drac Von Stoller
Publisher : Drac Von Stoller
Page : 142 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2014-12-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781494344672

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31 Horrifying Tales from the Dead Volume 5 by Drac Von Stoller Pdf

More haunting tales of Ghosts, Aliens, Science Fiction, Western, Zombies, Headless Ghosts, Haunted Graveyards, Urban Legends, Curses and Vampires.

Author : Joel Eisenberg
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2006-04-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0976757516

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Tales of the Dead by Joel Eisenberg Pdf

Topos Books is proud to reproduce and reintroduce influential, heretofore lost works that served as muse to authors of many of the world's literary masterpieces. That is the mission behind the Villa Diodati Endangered Classics line, so named for the Villa Diodati in the village of Cologny, Switzerland, where Mary Shelley conceptualized "Frankenstein" during the storied "Haunted Summer" of 1916. In the midst of a fierce storm, following a reading from a French translation of a book of German ghost stories entitled "Fantasmagoriana, ou Recueil d"Histoires d'Apparitions, de Spectres, Revenans, etc.," the poet Lord Byron challenged Percy Bysshe Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft (Shelley's future wife), Mary's stepsister Claire Clairmont, and Byron's physician John Polidori to each write a ghost story. The result was literary legend in the form not only of "Frankenstein," but also Polidori's "The Vampyre." The English translation of "Fanatasmagoriana" appeared in print for the first time in 1813 under the title "Tales of the Dead," so it is only fitting that Topos Books' Villa Diodati Endangered Classics line celebrates its inauguration with the first American edition of "Tales of the Dead" in over a century.

Author : Linda Bailey
Publisher : Tundra Books
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2018-08-28
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781770495616

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Mary Who Wrote Frankenstein by Linda Bailey Pdf

The inspiring story of the girl behind one of the greatest novels -- and monsters -- ever, perfectly timed for the 200th anniversary of the publication of Frankenstein. For fans for picture book biographies such as I Dissent or She Persisted. How does a story begin? Sometimes it begins with a dream, and a dreamer. Mary is one such dreamer, a little girl who learns to read by tracing the letters on the tombstone of her famous feminist mother, Mary Wollstonecraft, and whose only escape from her strict father and overbearing stepmother is through the stories she reads and imagines. Unhappy at home, she seeks independence, and at the age of sixteen runs away with poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, another dreamer. Two years later, they travel to Switzerland where they meet a famous poet, Lord Byron. On a stormy summer evening, with five young people gathered around a fire, Byron suggests a contest to see who can create the best ghost story. Mary has a waking dream about a monster come to life. A year and a half later, Mary Shelley's terrifying tale, Frankenstein: or, the Modern Prometheus, is published -- a novel that goes on to become the most enduring monster story ever and one of the most popular legends of all time. A riveting and atmospheric picture book about the young woman who wrote one of the greatest horror novels ever written and one of the first works of science fiction, Mary Who Wrote Frankenstein is an exploration of the process of artistic inspiration that will galvanize readers and writers of all ages.