Name: Uncanny of Place: Cities, Streets, Shops, and Spaces in Classic Speculative Fiction
Price: 32.97 EUR
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Author: Edgar Allan Poe
ISBN: 9781616465780

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Uncanny of Place: Cities, Streets, Shops, and Spaces in Classic Speculative Fiction

Type

Physical Book

Author

Edgar Allan Poe

Friedrich Gerstacker

Illustrated by

Chad Arment

Publisher

Coachwhip Publications

Language

English

Pages

268

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm

Weight

0.39 kg.

ISBN13

9781616465780

Synopsis "Uncanny of Place: Cities, Streets, Shops, and Spaces in Classic Speculative Fiction"

Sometimes geography is no match for metaphysics. Uncanny of Place: Cities, Streets, Shops, and Spaces in Classic Speculative Fiction collects seventeen stories of magical shops, vanishing rooms, sentient streets, and other transitory or perplexing locations. Stories include: The Fall of the House of Usher (Edgar Allan Poe); Germelshausen (Friedrich Gerstäcker); Mysterious Disappearances (Charles Bierce); The Hall Bedroom (Mary E. Wilkins Freeman); The Magic Shop (H. G. Wells); Number 13 (M. R. James); A Somewhat Improbable Story (G. K. Chesterton); The Door in the Wall (H. G. Wells); The Madness of Andelsprutz (Lord Dunsany); Space (John Buchan); The Never-Ending Road (Anonymous); The Bureau d'Echange de Maux (Lord Dunsany); The Street (H. P. Lovecraft); The Blue City (Frank Owen); The Theater Upstairs (Manly Wade Wellman); The Street That Wasn't There (Clifford D. Simak and Carl Jacobi); Tunnel Terror (Allison V. Harding)

Edgar Allan Poe

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Edgar Allan Poe (Boston, United States, 1809-1849) was a celebrated American writer, considered a master of the short story and a renovator of Gothic narrative. His work, marked by mystery and terror, includes iconic titles such as The Raven (1845), which immortalized him, and innovative poems and stories that influenced genres like detective fiction and science fiction. In addition to his literary output, Poe stood out as a critic and theorist, especially with his essay The Philosophy of Composition (1846). His legacy remains alive and has inspired literature, cinema, music, and art to this day.

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