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SLEEPING WITH THE LIGHTS ON; The Unsettling Story of Horror

SLEEPING WITH THE LIGHTS ON; The Unsettling Story of Horror Hardcover - 2018

by Jones, Darryl

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NY: Oxford University Press, 2018. [1st printing] 2018. Small-sized with die-cut cover; no dj, as issued. Minor handling wear.. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine.
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  • Title SLEEPING WITH THE LIGHTS ON; The Unsettling Story of Horror
  • Author Jones, Darryl
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Condition Used - Fine
  • Pages 208
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Oxford University Press, NY
  • Date 2018
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index
  • Bookseller's Inventory # TAL08
  • ISBN 9780198826484 / 0198826486
  • Weight 0.6 lbs (0.27 kg)
  • Dimensions 6.8 x 5 x 0.6 in (17.27 x 12.70 x 1.52 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Horror films - History and criticism, Horror tales - History and criticism
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2018370070
  • Dewey Decimal Code 809.916

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About the author

Darryl Jones is Professor of English and Dean of the Faculty of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences at Trinity College Dublin, where he teaches nineteenth-century literature and popular fiction. His books include Horror: A Thematic History in Fiction and Film, the Oxford World's Classics editions of M. R. James's Collected Ghost Stories, and Horror Stories: Classic Tales from Hoffmann to Hodgson. He has also written numerous articles on nineteenth-century fiction and supernatural literature.