CHAPTER I
AUSTIN RUTHYN, OF KNOWL, AND HIS DAUGHTER
It was winter—that is, about the second
week in November—and great gusts were rattling
at the windows, and wailing and thunder...
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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 essay below, Howes discusses Le Fanu's novel Uncle Silas in the context of nineteenth-century Anglo-Irish politics and history.
Terms like heritage and tradition have often functioned...
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In the following essay, originally published in 1980, McCormack offers a symbolic interpretation of Le Fanu's novel Uncle Silas.
In Chronicles of Golden Friars Le Fanu tried to create a fict...
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On ActingQ – What inspired you to become an actress?A – I loved the ballet and theatre from an early age, so acting had always been on the cards. But the real epiphany came when I start...
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Uncle Silas
Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
Critical Essay by Marjorie Howes
UKTV Interviews SueJohnston
