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American Supernatural Tales Trade paperback (i.e. 5 6 by 8 9 inch softcover) - 2007

by S.T. Joshi, ed

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The ultimate collection of weird and frightening American fiction

As Stephen King will attest , the popularity of the occult in American literature has only grown since the days of Edgar Allan Poe. American Supernatural Tales celebrates the richness of this tradition with chilling contributions from some of the nation's brightest literary lights, including Poe himself, H. P. Lovecraft, Shirley Jackson, Ray Bradbury, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and-of course-Stephen King. By turns phantasmagoric, spectral, and demonic, this is a frighteningly good addition to Penguin Classics.

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Penguin, 2007. First Edition. Trade Paperback (i.e. 5-6 by 8-9 inch softcover). New (Condition varies from Fine to Near Fine. Please inquire as to specific condition)/N/A (volume is softcover). New Edited with an introduction by S.T. Joshi. Stories by Poe, Lovecraft, Shirely Jackson, Ray Bradbury, Nathaniel Hawthorne and Stephen King.
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  • Title American Supernatural Tales
  • Author S.T. Joshi, ed
  • Binding Trade Paperback (i.e. 5-6 by 8-9 inch softcover)
  • Edition First Edition
  • Condition New
  • Pages 512
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Penguin, New York:
  • Date 2007
  • Features Bibliography, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 000-145319
  • ISBN 9780143105046 / 0143105043
  • Weight 0.78 lbs (0.35 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.76 x 5.18 x 0.92 in (19.71 x 13.16 x 2.34 cm)
  • Ages 18 to UP years
  • Grade levels 13 - UP
  • Library of Congress subjects Fantasy fiction, American, American fiction - 20th century
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2006052882
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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Summary

The ultimate collection of weird and frightening American fiction

As Stephen King will attest , the popularity of the occult in American literature has only grown since the days of Edgar Allan Poe. American Supernatural Tales celebrates the richness of this tradition with chilling contributions from some of the nation's brightest literary lights, including Poe himself, H. P. Lovecraft, Shirley Jackson, Ray Bradbury, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and-of course- Stephen King. By turns phantasmagoric, spectral, and demonic, this is a frighteningly good addition to Penguin Classics.

From the publisher

S. T. Joshi is a freelance writer and editor. He has edited Penguin Classics editions of H. P. Lovecraft’s The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories (1999), and The Thing on the Doorstep and Other Weird Stories (2001), as well as Algernon Blackwood’s Ancient Sorceries and Other Strange Stories (2002). Among his critical and biographical studies are The Weird Tale (1990), Lord Dunsany: Master of the Anglo-Irish Imagination (1995), H. P. Lovecraft: A Life (1996), and The Modern Weird Tale (2001). He has also edited works by Ambrose Bierce, Arthur Machen, and H. L. Mencken, and is compiling a three-volume Encyclopedia of Supernatural Literature. He lives with his wife in Seattle, Washington.

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About the author

S. T. Joshi is a freelance writer and editor. He has edited Penguin Classics editions of H. P. Lovecraft's The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories (1999), and The Thing on the Doorstep and Other Weird Stories (2001), as well as Algernon Blackwood's Ancient Sorceries and Other Strange Stories (2002). Among his critical and biographical studies are The Weird Tale (1990), Lord Dunsany: Master of the Anglo-Irish Imagination (1995), H. P. Lovecraft: A Life (1996), and The Modern Weird Tale (2001). He has also edited works by Ambrose Bierce, Arthur Machen, and H. L. Mencken, and is compiling a three-volume Encyclopedia of Supernatural Literature. He lives with his wife in Seattle, Washington.