Fantastic tales : visionary and everyday / edited and with an introduction by Italo Calvino.
| Other author | Calvino, Italo. |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | 1st Vintage International ed. |
| Publication Info | New York : Vintage International, 1998. |
| Description | xviii, 588 pages ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Uniform title | Racconti fantastici dell'Ottocento. English. |
| Contents | I. The visionary fantastic of the nineteenth century. The story of the Demoniac Pacheco / Jan Potocki -- Autumn sorcery / Joseph von Eichendorff -- The sandman / E.T.A. Hoffmann -- Wandering Willie's tale / Sir Walter Scott -- The elixir of life / Honoré de Balzac -- The eye with no lid / Philaréte Chasles -- The enchanted hand / Gérard de Nerval -- Young Goodman Brown / Nathaniel Hawthorne -- The nose / Nikolai Vasilyevich Gogol -- The beautiful vampire / Prosper Mérimée -- The ghost and the bonesetter / Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu -- II. The everyday fantasic of the nineteenth century. The |
| General note | tell-tale heart / Edgar Allan Poe -- The shadow / Hans Christian Andersen -- The signal-man / Charles Dickens -- The dream / Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev -- A shameless rascal / Nikolai Semyonovich Leskov -- The very image / Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam -- Night: a nightmare / Guy de Maupassant -- A lasting love / Vernon Lee -- Chickamauga / Ambrose Bierce -- The holes in the mask / Jean Lorrain -- The bottle imp / Robert Louis Stevenson -- The friends of the friends / Henry James -- The bridge-builders / Rudyad Kipling -- The country of the blind / H.G. Wells. |
| ISBN | 0679755446 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | PN6120.95.F25 R3313 1998 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |