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.
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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...
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The son of Thomas Philip and Emma Dobbin Le Fanu, Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu was born in Dublin on 28 August 1814. His family belonged to the professional and upper classes and were related to sev...
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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...
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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 largel...
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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...
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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 to ...
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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�...
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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 the ...
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In the following excerpt, Diskin suggests that Edgar Allan Poe's "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" was influenced by Le Fanu's earlier story "Passage in the Secret His...
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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.
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In the following excerpt, Begnal praises Le Fanu's contributions to Irish literature, particularly the four novels Le Fanu wrote between 1863 and 1865.
Emerging from the early years of LeFanu&#...
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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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Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu - (1814 - 1873)
Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
