Sheridan Le Fanu (1814–1873)
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The greatest author of supernatural fiction during the nineteenth century was undoubtedly J. Sheridan Le Fanu. Le Fanu was born in Dublin and, as with so many other English popular fiction authors of his time, entered the genre of fiction by way of journalism, working on such publications as the visa mer Evening Mail and the Dublin University Magazine. Le Fanu came from a middle-class background; his family was of Huguenot descent. He graduated from Trinity College and married in 1844. After his wife died in 1858, until his own death, Le Fanu was known as a recluse, creating his ghost fiction late at night in bed. Probably he began writing ghost fiction in 1838; his earliest supernatural story is often cited as being either "The Ghost and the Bone-Setter" or the "Fortunes of Sir Robert Ardagh," both of which were later collected in the anthology entitled The Purcell Papers (1880). Writing most effectively in the short story form, Le Fanu's tales such as "Carmilla" (a vampire story that is thought possibly to have influenced Bram Stoker's Dracula) and the problematic "Green Tea" are considered by many literary scholars to be classics of the supernatural genre. His lengthy Gothic novels, such as Uncle Silas (1864), though less highly regarded than his shorter fiction, are nonetheless wonderfully atmospheric. Le Fanu's particular brand of literary horror tends toward the refined, subtle fright rather than the graphic sensationalism of Matthew Gregory Lewis. His work influenced other prominent horror fiction authors, including M. R. James. (Bowker Author Biography) visa färre
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Three Vampire Tales: Dracula, Carmilla, and The Vampyre (New Riverside Editions) (1993) 101 exemplar
The Forgotten Classics of Mystery Volume III - Sheridan le Fanu: The Diabolical Genius: Uncle Silas; The Inn of the… (1959) 14 exemplar
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The Collected Supernatural and Weird Fiction of J. Sheridan Le Fanu: Volume 4-Including One Novel, 'The Wyvern Mystery,… (2010) 4 exemplar
Carmilla. Based on the Story by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu (Penguin Active Reading (Graded Readers)) (2011) 4 exemplar
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A Little Fuchsia Book of Fears 2 exemplar
The Fortunes of Sir Robert Ardagh 2 exemplar
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Tè verde. Tre racconti 1 exemplar
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Dom przy cmentarzu, T.I 1 exemplar
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Laura Silver Bell 1 exemplar
Dublin University magazine 1 exemplar
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Dom przy cmentarzu Tom II 1 exemplar
In einem dunklen Spiegel 1 exemplar
The Prelude 1 exemplar
Horror 1. : 16 racconti dell'orrore 1 exemplar
The Vampire Collection 1 exemplar
Carmen: A Vampire's Innocent Seduction 1 exemplar
Un oscuro scrutare 1 exemplar
Ghostly Shorts: 5 Ghostly Short Stories 1 exemplar
Carmilla's Lament: A Vampire Tale 1 exemplar
Die ermordete Cousine (Schlaflosreihe) 1 exemplar
Cuentos de fantasmas 1 exemplar
Carmilla [Audible Dramatization[ 1 exemplar
Night at the Dragon Inn 1 exemplar
O Vampiro de Karnstein 1 exemplar
Guy Deverell Volume III 1 exemplar
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L'inseguitore 1 exemplar
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The White Cat of Drumgunniol [short story] 1 exemplar
Carmilla : The Recording Script 1 exemplar
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- Namn enligt folkbokföringen
- Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan
- Andra namn
- Le Fanu, J. S.
- Födelsedag
- 1814-08-28
- Avled
- 1873-02-07
- Begravningsplats
- Mount Jerome Cemetery, Dublin, Irland
- Kön
- male
- Nationalitet
- Irland
Storbritannien - Land (för karta)
- Irland
- Födelseort
- Dublin, Irland
- Dödsort
- Dublin, Irland
- Dödsorsak
- heart attack
- Bostadsorter
- Dublin, Irland
- Utbildning
- Trinity College, Dublin
- Yrken
- short-story writer
novelist
lawyer
journalist - Relationer
- Broughton, Rhoda (systerdotter)
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley (gammelfarbror)
Sheridan, Frances (farfarsmor)
Lefanu, Alicia (farmor)
Sheridan, Betsy (gammelfaster)
Norton, Caroline (syssling) (visa alla 7)
Blackwood, Helen Selina Sheridan (syssling) - Organisationer
- Irish Bar (1839)
Medlemmar
Diskussioner
THE DEEP ONES: "Laura Silver Bell" by J. Sheridan Le Fanu i The Weird Tradition (april 18)
THE DEEP ONES: "The Child That Went with the Fairies" by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu i The Weird Tradition (januari 15)
THE DEEP ONES: "Green Tea" by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu i The Weird Tradition (mars 2022)
Sheridan Le Fanu's Carmilla i Gothic Literature (februari 2019)
Reading Group #6: 'Green Tea' i Gothic Literature (december 2018)
THE DEEP ONES: "Carmilla" by J. Sheridan Le Fanu i The Weird Tradition (juni 2017)
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