Sheridan Le Fanu Summary

Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu - (1814 - 1873) (Also wrote under the pseudonyms Charles de Cresserons and Reverend Francis Purcell) Irish novelist, short story writer, poet, journalist, and editor. Le Fanu i... Read more

Considered "the father of the English ghost story," Irish author Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu (1814-1873) is recognized for combining Gothic literary conventions with realistic technique to create tales of... Read more

During his lifetime Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu was a moderately successful novelist in terms of both critical acclaim and the sales of his books. After his death his reputation slid into the typical decl... Read more

Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu's contribution to supernatural horror fiction is signally important because he was virtually the first writer to produce ghost stories in Britain. Emerging shortly after the he... Read more

In the following excerpt, the anonymous critic unfavorably reviews Le Fanu's In a Glass Darkly. Mr. Le Fanu, having written some four or five foolish and vulgar ghost stories, presents them ... Read more

In the following excerpt, Pritchett praises Le Fanu's supernatural stories, particularly "Green Tea." The leaves fly down, the rain spits against the window which stares like t... Read more

In the following excerpt, Scott praises the short story "The Room in The Dragon Volant" and Le Fanu's blending of terror and love themes. Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu's �... Read more

In the following excerpt, Sullivan compares Le Fanu's novel The House by the Churchyard to Joyce's Finnegan's Wake, discussing the two writers' shared ideas and sympathies.... Read more