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| Name: |
Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu | | Variant Name: |
Sheridan Le Fanu, J. S. LeFanu | | Birth Date: |
August 28, 1814 | | Death Date: |
February 10, 1873 | | Place of Birth: |
Dublin, Ireland | | Place of Death: |
Dublin, Ireland | | Nationality: |
Irish | | Gender: |
Male | | Occupations: |
novelist, short story writer, journalist, editor, poet |
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 Biography of Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
9,018 words, approx. 30 pages
 Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu wrote fifteen novels, ranging from historical romances to mysteries, as well as essays, poetry, patriotic ballads, sentimental lyrics, and journalistic pieces. Yet it is largely for his more than forty short stories--often... summary from source:
Biography of Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
4,594 words, approx. 15 pages
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 heyday of the Gothic novel, Le Fanu's work offered a... summary from source:
Biography of Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
3,244 words, approx. 11 pages
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 decline, and only two or three of his novels remained in...
Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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 Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu - (1814 - 1873) Summary
16,858 words, approx. 56 pagesJoseph 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 is a major figure among Victorian-era authors of... summary from source:
 Sheridan Le Fanu Information
2,231 words, approx. 7 pages
 Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu LeFanu.JPG}} | Le Fanu Born 28 August 1814 ( 1814-08-28 ) Dublin , Ireland Died 7 February 1873 (aged 58) Dublin , Ireland Occupation Novelist Literary movement Gothic horror , dark romanticism , mystery Influences Sir...
Literary Criticism
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 Critical Essay by Michael H. Begnal
10,289 words, approx. 34 pages
In the following excerpt, Begnal praises Le Fanu's contributions to Irish literature, particularly the four novels Le Fanu wrote between 1863 and 1865.
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Critical Essay by Kevin Sullivan
7,124 words, approx. 24 pages
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.
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Critical Essay by Edna Kenton
4,366 words, approx. 15 pages
In the excerpt that follows, Kenton presents Le Fanu as an important supernatural fiction writer and suggests a renewed interest in Le Fanu based on connections between his and the Brontës' writings.
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