The Tale of Terror; A Study of the Gothic Romance

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Edith Birkhead

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2018

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The persistence of the tale of terror ; the position of the Gothic romance in the history of fiction ; the terrors of actual life in the Bronte's novels ; sensational stories of Wilkie Collins, Le Fanu and later authors ; the element of terror in various types of romance ; experiments of living authors ; the future of the tale of terror 221-228 INDEX - --229-241of Anu.The gods crouched like dogs, they cowered by the walls."l Another episode in the same epic, whenNergal, the god of the dead, brings before Gilgamesh an apparition of his friend, Eabani, recalls the impres- sive scene, when the witch of Endor summons the spirit of Samuel before Saul.When legends began to grow up round the names of traditional heroes, fierce encounters with giants and monsters were invented to glorify their strength and prowess.David, with a stone from his sling, slew Goliath.The crafty Ulysses put out the eye of Polyphemus.Grettir, according to the Icelandic saga, overcame Glam, the malevolent, death-dealing vampire who " went riding the roofs."Beowulf fearlessly descended into the turbid mere to grapple with Grendel's mother.Folk- tales and ballads, in which incidents similar to those in myths and heroic legends occur, are often overshadowed by terror.Figures like the Demon Lover, who bears off his mistress in the fatal craft and sinks her in the sea, and the cannibal bridegroom, outwitted at last by the artfulness of one of his brides, appear in the folk-lore of many lands.Through every cent…

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