The Furies of Marjorie Bowen - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Furies of Marjorie Bowen write by John C. Tibbetts. This book was released on 2019-11-25. The Furies of Marjorie Bowen available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This first book-length critical examination of the life and work of Marjorie Bowen (1885-1952) reveals a major English writer whose prodigious output included stories of history, romance, and the supernatural. As Pulitzer Prize-winning critic Michael Dirda writes in his Foreword, Bowen may be "the finest British woman writer of the uncanny of the last century," a view that echoes the high regard of cultural historian Edward Wagenknecht, who called her "a literary phenomenon," one whose best work places her alongside such contemporaries as Edith Wharton and Daphne du Maurier. Publicly acclaimed--known only by a series of pseudonyms (including "Marjorie Bowen")--but privately inscrutable, she was and is a mysterious and complex character. Drawing for the first time upon archival resources and the cooperation of the Bowen Estate, this book reveals a woman who saw herself as a rationalist and serious historian, but also as a mystic and "dark enchantress of dread." Above all, through a lifetime of domestic storms and creative ecstasy, Bowen worked tirelessly as both a professional writer and a consummate artist, always seeking, as she once confessed, "to find beauty in dark places."
The Furies of Marjorie Bowen
The Furies of Marjorie Bowen - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Furies of Marjorie Bowen write by John C. Tibbetts. This book was released on 2019-11-22. The Furies of Marjorie Bowen available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This first book-length critical examination of the life and work of Marjorie Bowen (1885-1952) reveals a major English writer whose prodigious output included stories of history, romance, and the supernatural. As Pulitzer Prize-winning critic Michael Dirda writes in his Foreword, Bowen may be "the finest British woman writer of the uncanny of the last century," a view that echoes the high regard of cultural historian Edward Wagenknecht, who called her "a literary phenomenon," one whose best work places her alongside such contemporaries as Edith Wharton and Daphne du Maurier. Publicly acclaimed--known only by a series of pseudonyms (including "Marjorie Bowen")--but privately inscrutable, she was and is a mysterious and complex character. Drawing for the first time upon archival resources and the cooperation of the Bowen Estate, this book reveals a woman who saw herself as a rationalist and serious historian, but also as a mystic and "dark enchantress of dread." Above all, through a lifetime of domestic storms and creative ecstasy, Bowen worked tirelessly as both a professional writer and a consummate artist, always seeking, as she once confessed, "to find beauty in dark places."
Marjorie Bowen
Marjorie Bowen - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Marjorie Bowen write by Marjorie Bowen. This book was released on 2016-08-20. Marjorie Bowen available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Marjorie Bowen: Selective Works By Marjorie Bowen The Follies of Youth Jacqueline: A Story of the French Revolution A Moment's Madness Lovers' Knots The Viper of Milan Ferriby
Marjorie Bowen, Collection Novels
Marjorie Bowen, Collection Novels - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Marjorie Bowen, Collection Novels write by Marjorie Bowen. This book was released on 2014-12-03. Marjorie Bowen, Collection Novels available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Marjorie Bowen (pseudonym of Mrs Gabrielle Margaret V[ere] Long Campbell), (1885- 1952) was a British author who wrote historical romances, supernatural horror stories, popular history and biography. In this book: The Master of Stair The Viper of Milan A Moment's Madness The Leopard and the Lily The Sword Decides! Black Magic
The Grey Chamber
The Grey Chamber - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Grey Chamber write by Marjorie Bowen. This book was released on 2021-10-13. The Grey Chamber available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. British writer Marjorie Bowen (the pseudonym of Margaret Gabrielle Vere Long, 1885-1952) was a prolific author of short stories, novels, essays, and other works, many of them reflecting her turbulent life as she lived through two world wars and the death of her first-born child and first husband. She retains a stellar reputation as an author of powerful weird stories, including such classics as "The Avenging of Ann Leete" and "The Crown Derby Plate," both included in this volume. But editor John C. Tibbetts, author of a pioneering recent study of Bowen's work, has combed through her entire corpus of fiction to present a wide-ranging selection of stories and essays in this volume. We find less celebrated horror tales such as "The Scoured Silk" and "Florence Flannery"; stories on the changing roles of women in Bowen's era; and even a time-travel narrative involving the composer G. F. Handel. These and other stories make clear why August Derleth long desired to publish a book of her supernatural tales with Arkham House. Among Bowen's essays, Tibbetts has selected those that reflect her interest in the Elizabethan magician John Dee, the artist William Hogarth, and other subjects. Also included is a previously unpublished essay on her own work, "Through the Eyes of an Author." All in all, this volume exhibits Bowen's remarkable breadth and range; but her recurring interest in the weird permeates every one of these pieces. John C. Tibbetts is a professor at the University of Kansas and the author of The Furies of Marjorie Bowen (2019), the first full-length critical study of her work. He has also written The Gothic Imagination (2011) as well as books on music and film.
